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Tate Oil’s decarbonisation scheme grows roots

...on 1st January 2021, family-run Tate Oil will be planting a tree for every 4th order a qualifying customer places – helping the 1.5 million homeowners using heating oil to...

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Super growth for State Oil

Members of the State Oil team attended the event which took place at Mercedes-Benz World in Weybridge The State Oil Group – parent of Harvest Energy and Prax Petroleum –...

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September 14 update

...North Sea oil had just been discovered and the slogan “it’s our oil” began to get traction. Back in October 2013, we looked at the downstream oil industry in Scotland...
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Insight

What price oil? 2024 In review

...election. OPEC delayed production curbs for an additional month until January 2025. ARA oil stocks were depleted early in the month with gasoil at a 14-week low on 7th November....

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The eternal influence of black gold

...oil company) and, instead, is an operating tri-venture between Exxon Mobil (45%), Amerada Hess (30%) and China’s National Offshore Oil Corporation (25%). With little experience in negotiating oil concessions, Guyana’s...

Interview

Celebrating 50 golden years of Peak Oil

...Peak Oil Tom Pearson founded Peak Oil as a business from his home address in Dronfield, back in 1972 and explains how it all began: “I started Tom Pearson Oils...
In Conversation with The Oil Lady

Interview

In Conversation with The Oil Lady

The Oil Lady is a fuel distribution business based in little Yeldham, Essex. It was founded in 2015, by Sheila Considine. Claudia Weeks, Content Lead for Fuel Oil News, spoke...

Insight

Security of oil supply in the fuel distribution sector

...of Russia’s role in the petroleum industry as the world’s second-largest crude oil producer and largest exporter of refined oil products. Closer to home, Russia supplies about 30% of Europe’s...

Further Reading

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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...

Insight

The changing world of the oil trader

...Total, etc. These vertically integrated international oil companies (IOCs) have been joined by state owned concerns, or national oil companies ( NOCd )- names such as Aramco, Kuwait Petroleum, IPC,...

Opinion

Free oil? Not today …

...unlikely to have sold any physical oil at negative prices. The oil industry is already absorbing much of the short-term price shock by putting oil into storage, both on land...

Insight

The downstream oil market landscape of Ireland in the 2020s

...Oil. In 2018, Irving Oil acquired large independent, Tedcastle Oil Products (TOP), providing it with a distribution terminal in Dublin as well as a substantially expanded market reach. The refinery...
A new approach born from a deep understanding of fuel distribution

Interview

Value Oils: leader in online fuel distribution

...Oils? “There are many benefits for suppliers selling oil through our website, including: • They are in complete control of the pricing and delivery windows they offer and can easily...
The Weeks

Interview

The downstream customer

...oil and there is a premium price to be paid for last minute deliveries!” Sue reflected: “We think that oil distributors would help, but the quicker you want your oil,...

Analysis

Prax – a fast track wholesaler

...of automotive and industrial fuels in the UK Prax is owned by The State Oil Group which operates 22 service stations and employs over 100 staff in the Midlands and...