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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
Industry responds to CCC Sixth Carbon Budget
...UK downstream oil sector reiterates that it wants to work closely with UK governments to deliver the most effective policy and economic frameworks needed to reach net-zero. Downstream oil is...
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Committed to the growth of the UK’s oil and gas economy
Essar Oil UK continues to invest at Stanlow and has expanded its UK retail network to 46 sites Essar Oil (UK), which owns and operates the Stanlow Refinery, has announced...
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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...
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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...
Interview
BoilerJuice: revolutionising operations
BoilerJuice is one of the leading heating oil marketplace websites in the UK. Established in 2004, the company delivers millions of litres of heating oil to thousands of customers every...
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Leading industry company celebrates 50 years of innovation
...in oil fired central heating by manufacturing domestic oil storage tanks.” Timing is everything “We started in a cowshed at Churchdown near Cheltenham. The tanks were manufactured in the old...
Insight
Crown Oil on the opportunity for distributors to lead the transition
Within the fuel distribution industry, Crown Oil is a company ahead of the curve in taking action to mitigate climate impacts and lead the shift towards sustainable solutions. With the...
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New appointment for Touchstar
Touchstar Technologies Ltd has appointed Mimi Masinja as Account Manager, Fuel Division. Mimi will be responsible for developing and nurturing Touchstar’s UK and Ireland customers. Working closely with Sales Director,...
Opinion
UKIFDA encourages homeowners to start biofuel transition
...adds Guy Pulham. Exercising efficiency “If consumers want to change their existing oil boiler for a new oil boiler they can still do so. We recommend switching to a condensing...
Insight
Task force to take action on UK refining and fuel import issues
...will the new Midstream Oil Task Force be able to fulfill these actions? Reflecting the government’s position on refining, the statements below are taken from the ministerial foreword from DECC’s...
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Unprecedented demand creates temporary oil shortage in Ireland
The recent extreme weather has caused a massive surge in demand for home heating oil in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, creating temporary shortages with distributors forced...
Opinion
Suggested $100 oil unlikely given abundance of OPEC capacity
...— combined with a potential drop in supply due to oil companies’ underinvestment — are pushing up some forecasts and prompting calls for an oil supercycle. A significant shortage of...
Insight
What price oil? 2025 in review
...warplanes; the Caribou Lake wildfire threatened Canadian oil-sands output; then, on 13th June, Israel hit Iranian nuclear sites. Tit-for-tat escalation sent Gasoil futures exploding through $700/t. The US eventually joined...
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...