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OSS (Hydrodec UK) buys Eco-Oil business
...OSS and Eco-Oil collect and recycle waste oil and workshop hazardous waste together with fuel oil sales. Under the new arrangement both companies will in the short term continue to...
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Oil heating cheaper than mains gas
Jeremy Hawksley – welcome news for the industry and the 1.5 million UK households who use oil for heating Oil is now the cheapest of all the major heating fuels,...
Opinion
The Distributor Debate
...locations. Currently, oil is the most economical solution for off-gas properties. However, oil could face serious competition from technologies such as wood pellet boilers, and air source heat pumps. How...
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Oil Care Campaign prepares to celebrate 20 years
...safe disposal and management of oil. A network of oil banks which accept used engine oil for recycling has been established in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Organisers of...
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Changes to oil regulations in Scotland
Are you compliant with the new changes made to Scotland’s oil regulations? The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has contacted Fuel Oil News for assistance in drawing attention to the...
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Kerosene – community buying
...One tanker delivering to a small, close-knit community is a sensible option for both parties. When groups start to spread county-wide, deliveries are scattered and the members want the oil...
Opinion
MPs urged to back affordable green heating campaign for oil heated homes
...oil heating. Under its current plans, Labour is focused on encouraging households to switch to heat pumps. However, there are growing concerns that the challenges rural homes reliant on oil...
Analysis
Mabanaft – majoring in innovative independence
...storage depots? “Oil majors moving their activities and operations back to more core areas of their business is understandable. Refineries are costly to run, and with the volatility in oil...
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Risk reduction for domestic customers
...our domestic customers.” Having a technology background, enabled Chris to build an online platform and start testing Oil Price Protect in selected areas in April last year. Checking with the...
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ECO3 – oil is included!
...ECO is to provide affordable warmth and help address fuel poverty, it would have been completely contradictory to exclude the repair or replacement of broken oil appliances when oil heating...
Interview
Morrow Fuels – goes the extra mile
...manufacturing steel oil tanks for the domestic heating market. He saw his natural progression as moving more into the oil market, and bought his first distribution tanker in 1988. As...
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EOGB announces support for OFTEC strategy
...out extensive testing on HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil), a renewable fuel produced from used cooking oils and vegetable fats as well as from non-food grade vegetable oil fractions. If testing...
Opinion
Getting your vehicles winter ready
...to forget to consider engine oil when it comes to winter readiness, and this can be a major mistake. Oil that is past its recommended change interval, or oil that...
Interview
Celebrating 50 years of innovation
...has never lost sight of its values. Established in 1971 as Oil Tank Supplies Ltd it was originally focused on the manufacture of small domestic oil storage tanks and installation...
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A legacy of diversity
...and keeping things simple. Were it not for a willingness to take a risk, Stoddards might not be in the oil business today. Before beginning life as a Jet distributor...
Insight
Key challenges and opportunities facing the fuel distributor
Change and its frequency are a fact of life in modern economies, but the measure of change experienced by the broad downstream oil sector will be greater than that faced...
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March 2024 – latest updates from our distributor community
...Oils – to the rescue! Compass Fuel Oils, the Lancashire-based fuel distributor, is always pleased to help in emergency situations, especially in the depths of winter. A local care home...
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MP visits first ever fossil-free HVO village, converted in industry trials
...alternative to oil. Thousands of our customers across Cornwall and the South West will have to change their oil-fired heating systems in the not-too-distant future, and that’s why we’re doing...