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Top rating for 50th ECO Stars member, Greenergy Flexigrid
The Thurrock ECO Stars fleet recognition scheme is celebrating its 50th member with the sign up of Greenergy Flexigrid, who has been awarded a top rating of five stars. The...
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Interview
35 years of tanker loading and process metering solutions
...editor for Fuel Oil News, spoke with operations director, Kiran Shaw, and technical director, Greg Clarke, who head up IFC Inflow, to hear more about the company’s evolution and where...
Opinion
Procurement: why embracing the net zero challenge is good for business
...in the news, the economic turmoil over the past few years has taken the focus for small businesses. Environmental action and carbon emission reduction have been sidelined by short term...
News
Future fuel distributor sponsors conference
...environmental services company Crown Oil. A family-run business with headquarters located in Bury, Greater Manchester, Crown Oil started in 1928 when Harry Greensmith began selling lamp oil door to door...
Interview
In conversation with Bedford Fuels Ltd
...Oil Company, until it was sold to Oil NRG Ltd what have you been doing in the interim and why are you keen to come back to the sector now?...
Interview
Passion and pride celebrated with award recognition
...the Oilfast Group. A career in fuel distribution “I have been working for Oilfast for almost 3 years,” Jemma began, explaining her journey into this industry. “I started working for...
News
Jardine Motors Group achieves a carbon-cutting, UK first in waste oil management
...used oil through a fully circular waste oil management solution. Through servicing customers’ vehicles at their 50+ sites nationwide, Jardine generates significant volumes of used lubricating oil which is now...
News
Oil price at seven-year high amid supply concerns
...global oil inventories and the strength of demand. To avoid seeing the price of oil head into the $100 plus territory the best hope is that it is a combination...
Opinion
Non-energy use of oil products a huge challenge to international trade
...cycle — with spikes in the oil price often occurring before economic recessions,” said Chapman. “Oil has been essential for economic growth, but our reliance on it has created vulnerabilities....
News
New members join community of former oil & gas industry employees
...who have made a deliberate decision to leave the industry. Life After Oil is a community that supports oil and gas professionals who are increasingly recognising that much of their...
News
University scientists have developed a greener marine fuel
...up to 500°C to convert them into bio-oil. Solvents were added to the bio-oil, which was then blended with used cooking oil or fat to create the fuel. Dr Abul...
Analysis
What is the direction of travel for the UK energy sector?
...Conservative commitment to keeping the oil and gas windfall tax they introduced as well as the allowances that incentivise investment in North Sea oil and gas. The Conservatives The Conservatives...
Analysis
Irish Budget cuts heating oil carbon tax as industry renews VAT challenge
...including home heating oil users and farmers. The association stressed, however, that heating oil distributors themselves remain exposed to movements in global wholesale markets. “Heating oil distributors purchase product at...
Knowledge
Data: the UKIFDA databank
...non-domestic kerosene shows a marked difference, with non-domestic kerosene increasing – presumably due to the switch from gas oil to industrial heating oil. Pricing The Office for National Statistics (ONS)...
News
Heating oil in Westminster: what the latest Commons debate means for rural consumers
...heating oil prices has sharpened the sense that off-grid consumers face additional disadvantages still. A two-tier energy support system? Several MPs argued that households using heating oil are disadvantaged compared...
Market Report
Price predictions – where did it all go wrong?
...expect prices to come down to the levels we saw at the beginning of January. The bottom line is that the supply of oil – particularly refined oil – will...
News
Showcasing oil heating’s future
...behind the show Facilitating the way into this evolving marketplace is the Oil & Renewable Energy Show. Organised by A&D Publishing – publishers of Fuel Oil News, Oil Installer,...
News
Oil – the cheapest of all major heating fuels
...expensive than LPG and 42% cheaper than electricity. A renewed appreciation of the benefits of oil Most experts agree that oil prices will remain low for some time and with...