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Tate Oil’s decarbonisation scheme grows roots
...on 1st January 2021, family-run Tate Oil will be planting a tree for every 4th order a qualifying customer places – helping the 1.5 million homeowners using heating oil to...
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Nicholl Fuel Oils achieves a fuel first
Nicholl Fuel Oils has installed Northern Ireland’s first hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) fuelling facility at its Carryduff 24-hour forecourt with plans to make this new, renewable biofuel available across all...
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Crown Oil Group delivers carbon neutrality as it celebrates 75 years
Bury-headquartered fuel supplier Crown Oil Group is celebrating achieving carbon neutral status as it marks its diamond jubilee and believes it is the first fuel company in the UK to...
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Senior industry figures launch energy transition advisory company
Leading oil and gas professionals Hamish Wilson, Bill Senior, Tony Smith, Martin Dru and Sarah Milne have launched BluEnergy, committed to enabling oil and gas companies to leverage their existing...
Opinion
The oil market continues its cautious rally but more uncertainty lies ahead
Thom Payne, head of offshore, rigs & wells at Westwood Energy discusses the cautious rallying of the oil market, and the direction of travel, for what has been a turbulent 2020...
Analysis
Industry reinforces commitment to genuine sustainability as BBC discusses HVO feedstock concerns
...sustainability of HVO, particularly regarding feedstock sources. A recent BBC article highlighted specific issues surrounding the inclusion of waste products from palm oil production—such as palm oil mill effluent (POME)—a...
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Rawlings Fuels – putting the customer first
...many are on oil’. It’s been a real eye-opener to me how many households in our local communities are reliant on their oil and it’s made my focus being to...
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New ultra-compact oil tank
...the 650L Combi R – Carbery’s newest design This month Carbery Plastics is celebrating its 30th anniversary with the launch of a brand new oil tank. Over the last three...
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The Phillips 66 Interview
...to grow its market share here. Fuel Oil News editor, Jane Hughes asked managing director, Pete George about the business, refining and fuels and its relationship with fuel oil distributors....
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Oil NRG – to the ends of the earth
...donated so far,” said Oil NRG’s sales director, Jeremy Royle. “All donations will help – no matter how big or small!” To support Oil NRG’s fund-raising, please visit www.justgiving.com/fundraising/oil-nrg ...
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Research predicts oil price drop will continue
...that the general trend of falling oil prices is expected to continue. This underlines the fact that oil is becoming more affordable and competitive, and the cheapest option going forward...
Insight
How does the french downstream sector compare to the UK?
...Motor Spirit JetA-1 Diesel Gasoil Fuel Oil Other 4 14 6 28 16 5 1 3 11 7 32 15 4 1 4 7 7 31 12 4 2 3...
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Northern Ireland – an overdependence on oil?
...invited to join in the Fuel Oil News Distributor Debate on Thursday 7th March. Highlighting an overdependence on oil, the report says that whilst oil is technically a good heating...
Opinion
Industry urges Government on rural decarbonisation strategy as customer cost concerns grow
...expected to make to their home Over 98% support for giving oil heated homes the choice of switching to a renewable liquid fuel such as Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO). Trade...
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Oil – the cheapest form of heating since July 2014
...the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) has good news with oil being the cheapest form of energy. “Oil has been the cheapest off grid energy option since July 2014,” said...
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Oil boilers – big uptake in Northern Ireland
...since the scheme was introduced over nine months ago. Over 80% of those installed are new condensing oil boilers, which reduce energy costs and improve energy efficiency for oil householders....
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2024 Tanker of the Year nominations are open!
...acquisitions, Campus Oil and Jones Oil, and have finally become Certa. “It has been an exciting number of years, and we are now a fleet of 100 – up from...
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Combating counterfeit oil level monitors
Two of the oil industry’s largest oil monitoring suppliers – Dunraven Systems and Kingspan Environmental – have issued warnings over the danger of counterfeit products entering the UK and Irish...