Opinion
Transitioning from oil to renewables – cost or investment?
We hear from Neste after a decade of transitioning from a regional oil refinery to a global leader in renewable solutions to see if the investment is paying off. Neste’s...
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News
Fuel Oil News at UKIFDA Show 2025
In celebration of an industry that not only enjoys coming together but comes together to good effect, here is the Fuel Oil News team’s experience of the excellent event last...
News
QMRE takes delivery of second VIXLA plastic waste-2-oil system
...into oil and ultimately back into plastic. For three years QMRE had been operating a smaller version of the plastic waste-2-oil system on a test and development basis at their...
Analysis
Government urged to listen to constituent concerns over home heat decarbonisation choices
...million off gas grid UK households, many of them in rural communities, who rely on heating oil to heat their homes, are facing little choice in their route to decarbonising...
News
Estuary Oils stands triumphant at one of the UK’s biggest one-day farming shows
...Estuary Oils stand recognised by the award, Founder and Director of the business Andrew Mould commented: “This is the first time that we have won it at as Estuary Oils,...
News
Terminal operations suspended due to Just Stop Oil protests
Ten facilities across the UK, including major oil terminals, were blocked today by hundreds of climate activists in protests coordinated by the Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion campaign groups...
News
Rod Prowse
...Oil News. Known to a great many in the industry, Rod worked for more than 30 years across the full spectrum of the downstream oil sector, in both the UK...
News
Oil & Gas working together for net zero future theme for SPE Offshore
...and executive vice president of oilfield equipment at Baker Hughes, is leading the 30-strong committee that has developed the 2021 theme: ‘Oil & Gas: Working Together for a Net Zero...
Opinion
OFTEC disappointed with lack of support for HVO in Queen’s speech
...for the UK’s 1.7 million oil heated households. The government’s current policy proposal is that, from 2026, they will no longer be able to install a new fossil fuel oil...
News
New business development manager for Oil and Gas subdivision of adi Group
...the firm as a business development manager for the oil and gas sector, forming a new subdivision of adi Projects. Mo has a solid technical background in engineering as well...
News
QMRE adds final touches to plastic waste-2-oil system
...delighted with the progress made to date in starting to roll you a network of VIXLA plastic waste-2-oil systems throughout the UK. We are now entering the final commissioning and...
News
Crown Oil adds to its fleet
The latest addition to the Crown Oil tanker fleet is ready to deliver HVO across the UK. The 8-wheeler DAF tanker joined Crown Oil’s fleet last week, and with the...
News
Fuel distributors improve profitability by harnessing customer data
Fuel oil distributors can drive huge improvements in their operational efficiency and potentially become more profitable by encouraging customers to install telemetry monitoring onto their oil tanks. That’s the message...
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Bigger loads, better efficiencies for Kinch Fuel Oils
By upgrading from its previous Isuzu 7.5 tonne fuel oil tanker to a brand-new Isuzu 11 tonne tanker, Kinch Fuel Oils Ltd is benefiting from much greater additional payload using...
Insight
BP OUTLOOK 2023: the outlook for global energy to 2050
...established oil and gas flows • Passage by the US Congress of the Inflation Reduction Act, which included a range of measures with significant incentives to promote renewables and emissions...
News
OilMaxx gets top marks for generous support of local primary school
...even. Community support OilMaxx and its parent company OilFast have high corporate responsibility standards and significantly contribute to their employees and the communities they serve. As Chris explains: “We do...
Opinion
Deloitte statement further highlights Stanlow concerns
...Essar Oil UK. It has been reported that dividends and loans were siphoned out of Essar Oil UK in the period leading up to the company’s participation in the government’s...
Opinion
INEOS warns that “Britain is squandering energy independence” as it marks 50 years of the Forties Pipeline System.
...Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on 3 November 1975, the Forties Pipeline transformed the UK’s energy landscape. It took Britain from being almost entirely dependent on imported oil to becoming...