News
NZTC announces clean energy start-up cohort
The Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) has announced its 2024 TechX start-up cohort. The TechX Clean Energy Accelerator, now in its sixth year, will welcome 12 high-potential start-ups to the...
search | star-oil
Interview
Driving change: One woman’s story and the power of inclusive recruitment
...one of the few female fuel tanker drivers in the South West. We spoke with the team from Rapid Start Recruitment, the petrochemical logistics specialist which represents Zoe, to hear...
Interview
Darch Oil tanker driver Chris Eke on life on the road
Darch Oil, the Somerset-based distributor, has been supplying a friendly, reliable, and efficient service to its customers for over 30 years. Now part of NWF Fuels, Darch Oil continues to...
Market Report
Prices and predictions – what does 2025 have in store?
It’s the start of another year and, as is now tradition, this report will focus on the last 12 months and how oil markets have progressed in that period. We...
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...
Insight
A look at the shape of the future UK downstream oil sector landscape
We are living through a time that has heralded much change and, before considering the future evolution and shape of the UK downstream oil sector, we will remind ourselves of...
Opinion
Longer term impacts of coronavirus on the UK and Ireland’s oil industry
...managing director of GPB Global Resources B.V., the broader impacts of coronavirus on the oil industry Plummeting oil prices have had worldwide consequences but have been particularly painful for the...
Opinion
“Do you agree with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) that the Province should have more oil buying clubs?”
...more oil buying clubs, there will inevitably be more – batten down the hatches!” For further comment see the Value Oils blog – www.valueoils.com/blog/home-heating/heating-oil-buying-groups-2/ Joe Bradley, Bradley Fuels “I don’t...
Opinion
OGUK welcomes climate report impetus
...to cut emissions from oil and gas production, currently totalling about 18.5m tonnes a year, to net zero by 2050. This could include the electrification of offshore oil and gas...
News
Fuel for thought…
...at a European, national and regional level. With over 1.5 million heating oil installations throughout these islands and millions more across Europe, the oil storage tank industry and the oil...
Market Report
Saving Mexico’s state oil giant – a strategy of hope over experience.
...nationalisation of all privately held oil interests in Mexico and for most of the 21st Century, Pemex has been Latin America’s second largest enterprise by annual revenue (Brazil’s state-run oil...
Market Report
Is there method behind OPEC’s apparent madness?
...oil prices are high) were also able to continue extracting oil from fields, that really should no longer be producing. To the Machiavellian minds at the top of the OPEC...
News
Oil theft – oil industry shows support with donation
...Northern Ireland Oil Federation (NIOF) resulted in Solo Direct offering to give the unit 1,000 litres of oil to help during this difficult time. With £1,000 worth of oil stolen...
News
Theft threat?
When the price of crude oil rises, reports of oil theft increase. Alex Porter spoke to distributors about the situation in their area A recent article on the Fuel Oil...
News
Getting warmer in the community
...tenants. In return CBL has developed a community oil fund that purchases oil on behalf of Cottsway’s tenants. The smart meters inform CBL of oil used, with tenants able to...
Insight
No easy decisions at Whitegate
...support the country’s oil needs is Whitegate. Oil refining on the island of Ireland Originally commissioned in 1959, Whitegate has a distillation capacity of 71,000 bpd. One third of output...
Interview
Jo Ritzema retires from WCF Ltd following distinguished career
...been multiple refinery closures since I started with WCF in 2004. The supply chain has altered significantly, with the oil majors being replaced by independent terminal operators. The move to...
News
Oil recycling specialist Slicker expands further with Oil Monster acquisition
...with their own carbon cutting and sustainability agenda, re-refining their waste oil back into base oil through our own re-refinery.” “We welcome everyone at Oil Monster into the Slicker family...