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Which? reports on heating oil prices

...oil users, the guide highlights a number of ways to keep the costs of heating oil down. The Which? news story and heating oil guide can be found at http://www.which.co.uk/energy/creating-an-energy-saving-home/guides/heating-oil/...

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More jobs in oil

As an oilfield tax allowance paves the way for hundreds of new jobs in the UK, the Oil and Gas Global Salary Guide 2013 says UK oil and gas professionals...

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Oil reclamation stepped up on Teesside

The new tank farm at CSG’s Middlesbrough oil reclamation facility “Our plan is to recover substantial quantities of useful lubricating oils, fuels and other hydrocarbon products from waste oils brought...

Interview

Rationalisation in Irish oil distribution

...hopefully a decent winter, it could be a long overdue profitable year for oil distributors.” Others are less convinced…. Laura Gilpin of Belfast & Down Oil Supplies said: “The oil...

News

The distributor offer revisited

...supply source for domestic heating oil, but also major suppliers of the oil product requirements for both the agricultural and industrial/commercial sectors. The current distributor offering In recent years, the...

Insight

Ireland’s downstream oil infrastructure

...million tonnes per year of white oil products, supplies just under 30% of the Republic’s oil market requirements, particularly to the province of Munster. The remainder of the Republic’s oil...

News

Oil users – fuel price winners once again!

...(Phoenix) 1036 845 -191 -18.44% LPG 2542 2345 -197 -7.75% LPG (Condensing) 2085 1925 -160 -7.67% Oil 1668 1097 -571 -34.23% Oil (Condensing) 1364 901 -463 -33.94% Wood Pellets 1038...
A look at events impacting fuel prices in November and predictions for December

News

Thoughts on fuel prices – November in review

...to the start of the year when it was trading above 1.30 but given that the UK is (definitely) in a recession it’s a positive. The Chinese influence Oil prices...
Ken's Corner

Opinion

Ken’s Corner: A week is a long time…

...heated by oil. How Ireland is heated Source: Census 2022 A significantly higher proportion of oil heated homes are in rural areas compared to all homes in Ireland. 28% of...
Mimi Masinja Touchstar

News

New appointment for Touchstar

Touchstar Technologies Ltd has appointed Mimi Masinja as Account Manager, Fuel Division. Mimi will be responsible for developing and nurturing Touchstar’s UK and Ireland customers. Working closely with Sales Director,...
Marsh Fuels celebrates two significant milestones

Interview

Marsh Fuels: two significant milestones

...that oil arrived and would later become the firm’s main source of income. Fred Marsh also started the building of small industrial units, and the company became landlords too. Carrie...

Insight

A critical role for Stanlow

...the 1970s Stanlow was the flagship refinery in a network of five plants serving the country’s oil product requirements. By the start of the new millennium, subsequent rationalisation had resulted...
Portland Report August

Market Report

Prices and predictions: how are we faring?

...and whether the oil price predictions we made in January are on course to be correct. Let’s start with crude and the Brent price, which started the year at $76...
A company diversifying to meet the marketing needs of an evolving sector.

Interview

Econoprint: continually diversifying marketing services

...built an app which ties in with the website to help keep the oil distributor even more connected with their customers. “From ordering custom-priced oil, seeing a live oil level...