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Europe’s most advanced oil re-refinery now operational

...of used oil. Environmental profile As indicated by the name, AVISTA Green has an environmental profile. Passing through the plant, the used oil is up-cycled back into high-quality base oil...

Interview

A growing network

...offers. “The last few years have been difficult for oil distributors, volumes have fallen and there are tighter margins,” he told Fuel Oil News. “Distributors have had to adapt to...

News

A feeling of insecurity?

...oil, gas and coal exporter to Europe.  In the oil industry, EU-Russia cooperation has been growing over recent years with European companies active in Russian exploration and production, while Russian...

News

Future energy – a vital topic

...Business School; Fuel Oil News listened to her perspective on the energy markets Oil and gas – mispricing risk Although disagreeing with the peak oil theory, Vivienne sees oil’s role...

News

Waste oil – where are we in 2011

...on waste producers. While all oil streams will at sometime incur a waste, in general, our reference to waste oil is essentially that of used lubricating oils, for example engine...

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...

News

Activists adopt new tactics in oil terminal protests

...a new tactic. Regular action has been taken by Just Stop Oil throughout this year, with several weeks of coordinated protest at oil terminals and other oil infrastructure from April....

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...
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...

Opinion

Solving the industry recruitment challenge

...becoming vital to oil companies seeking to modernise their processes, improve cost efficiencies and pull ahead of the competition. Throughout the oil industry Covid-19 is driving an increasing need for...

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...
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...

News

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/...