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Dan Webb and Stephen Fletcher of Prema Energy

Interview

In conversation with Prema Energy

...to the Carbon Reduction Commitment scheme. Biofuel oils made from tall oil pitch and later rapeseed oil distillation residue were developed to replace residual fuel oil in these plants at...

Opinion

Highs and lows of the oil price drop

...has been warned that 30,000 jobs in the gas and oil sector could be lost, with oil prices falling to their lowest in two decades. But, despite the global crash...
Lindsey Oil Refinery at dusk

Market Report

The meteoric rise and sudden demise of State Oil

...Oil – the owners of Prax Petroleum, the Lindsey Oil Refinery and various North Sea exploration assets – had gone into Administration. Not too much information is yet available around...

News

UK refining – hunting for answers

...of our refining and downstream oil industry published in November 2011, Brian Worrall, then UKPIA president, said:  “Given the right policy environment, the UK refining and downstream oil sector can...

News

Oil – cheapest home heating fuel by far

...start of 2016, the average annual cost of heating a home on oil has fallen again. According to the latest quarterly data from the Sutherland Tables oil remains by far...

Opinion

OMJ anticipates oil market movements

Amidst a global lockdown resulting in less and less demand for oil, the oil market has been in turmoil. Ian Moore, director of the Oil Market Journal (OMJ) shares his...
Portland Christmas report

Market Report

A special Christmas market report from Portland

...for black gold there and then. Lauren Laverne Really. Did you find oil in the garden? Gaz Oil No. Course not. Lauren Laverne Oh. What was the song then? Gaz...

News

Oil Terminal 2015 – new multi-billion USD projects

...Bashneft. The agenda at the Oil Terminal 2015 industry forum reflects how growing oil exports have led to additional demands to increase the capacity of tank farms and exporting oil terminals....
QMRE

Case Study

QMRE: Transforming plastic waste into sustainable solutions

...most pressing environmental problems facing society today – how to deal with the millions of tonnes of plastic waste created every year. Margaret Major, Publishing Director for Fuel Oil News,...

Interview

CDS: 50 years of powering customer success  

CDS has been delivering innovative software, technical support, and customer service to the downstream oil and LPG industries for 50 years. Claudia Weeks, content editor for Fuel Oil News, visited...

Opinion

North Sea oil industry in crisis?

...Sea being profitable as oil is below $60 per barrel. “It is almost impossible to make money at these oil prices,” says Mr Allan, director of Premier Oil in addition...