Opinion
New ECO3 proposal to exclude oil boilers
“The fact that fuel poverty levels are already higher in rural locations makes government proposals to omit oil boilers from the next round of ECO even more nonsensical,” says OFTEC...
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News
A victory for oil heating
...the necessary lead time to implement any product changes. “The proposed penalty for non-modulating domestic oil-fired boilers has also been removed, which was also a significant threat to the oil...
News
Father and son sentenced for defrauding oil customers
...occurring. One of the victims of the business was the Barr Hall Residential Home in Portaferry which had become increasingly concerned about its oil usage. “Police examined invoices for oil...
News
Growing business in Ireland
In a multimillion-euro deal, Canadian Irving Oil, which owns the Whitegate refinery in Cork, has acquired Top Oil (formerly Tedcastles Oil Products), the brand owned by the Dublin-based Tedcastle Group....
News
Additional help for off-grid customers?
...lowest quote, as some of these high prices are just not feasible.” A copy of the Best Practice guide to Oil Buying Groups is available on the Oilsave website www.oilsave.org.uk...
Interview
One man and a tanker
Celebrating 20 years in business, Jerry Cosgrave and Leon Byrne beside McConville Oil’s tanker McConville Oil is run by Jerry Cosgrave who took over the business from his father-in-law Dermot...
Interview
ESL Fuels: working with customers to deliver sustainable fuel solutions
...Andy: Our story started in the 1990s when owner Stephen Whittaker was researching and testing the viability of processing used cooking oil (UCO) and blending it into diesel. At that...
News
A proactive approach in a contango market
...providing an additional 40,000 cubic metres of oil storage. New developments – the installation of mixers/blenders in heated fuel oil and vacuum gas oil (VGO) tanks and radar-based tank gauging...
News
The UK’s downstream oil industry brings major economic benefits
...of the UK downstream oil sector report is available at http://www.ukpia.com/publications or in hard copy on request from the UKPIA press office. UKPIA represents eight oil refining and marketing companies that...
Analysis
Greenergy – liquid problem solving
...oil prices could have on the country’s financial health. “When crude is high, money goes on foreign oil, sucking the liquidity out of the UK and European economy. The underlying...
News
A unique contribution wins Fuel Oil News Tanker of the Year 2022
...(Road Tankers Northern) EMO Oils (Central Welding) Consols Oils (Maidment) WCF Fuels (Road Tankers Northern) BWOC (Feldbinder) Stevenage Oils (Lakeland) Craggs Energy (Tasca Tankers) Howells Fuel Oil (Road Tankers Northern)...
News
Top rating for 50th ECO Stars member, Greenergy Flexigrid
The Thurrock ECO Stars fleet recognition scheme is celebrating its 50th member with the sign up of Greenergy Flexigrid, who has been awarded a top rating of five stars. The...
Interview
35 years of tanker loading and process metering solutions
...editor for Fuel Oil News, spoke with operations director, Kiran Shaw, and technical director, Greg Clarke, who head up IFC Inflow, to hear more about the company’s evolution and where...
Opinion
Procurement: why embracing the net zero challenge is good for business
...in the news, the economic turmoil over the past few years has taken the focus for small businesses. Environmental action and carbon emission reduction have been sidelined by short term...
Review
FoxInsights launches scalable telemetry kit for small to mid-size distributors
FoxInsights, a supplier of remote tank monitoring solutions, has introduced a telemetry starter kit designed specifically for smaller heating oil and diesel distributors. The kit aims to address the operational...
News
BWOC – a business with character
...month Fuel Oil News discussed the business with Mark and his team. “Bob grew up in the oil industry – he drove tankers, sold fuel and ran a terminal before...
News
127% more expensive than heating oil
...– 127% more expensive than heating oil – with further electricity price rises on the horizon this September for many households. Oil is also currently 13% cheaper than mains gas...
Opinion
Ken’s Corner: Happy New Year from all of us at UKIFDA!
...coming. Back in 2021, the Government proposed banning the sale of oil boilers (starting six days ago, in fact) and implementing a ‘heat pump only’ policy, beginning with rural homes....