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A Wild Wednesday at the Fuel Oil News Distributor Debate
...Mark Nolan (7) of Nolan Oils, seen among many familiar faces, was spurred on by Jeremy’s call to fight for oil heating and is actively promoting the campaign in the...
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Interview
Ferguson Fuels: family-run, with customers at its heart
...was met by an increase in the need for oil from our customers to fuel their home heating,” he shares. Initially supplying the North West, the demand for heating oil...
Interview
Holding steady in challenging times
...is arguably a simple one – an independent, authorised Texaco Oil distributor providing a top of the range oil service along with ancillary products that complement the business perfectly. ...
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Fuel poverty – distributors get together
...of 15%. Midlands oil distributors who have supported the fund, and whose customers will benefit, include Midland Fuel Oils, AID Fuels and Nolan Fuel Oils. Before undertaking a national roll...
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Lobbying for a better off-grid deal
In the run-up to last month’s Budget, the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) had been lobbying the government on various fronts for the off-grid heating oil industry. Writing to Mr...
Insight
Downstream future: decarbonisation, collaboration and digitalisation
...is at its sharpest for the oil and gas sector, particularly in the run in to COP28, which is being held in the United Arab Emirates later this year. Ahead...
News
Acquisitions and long-term supply contract for JET Retail UK
...the furthest being Simpson Oils Ormlie site in Thurso. Since acquiring Francis Street in September 2019, Simpson Oils has made some infrastructure improvements. Further plans are in place to install...
Interview
Rawlings Fuels putting the customer first
...in oil you don’t see how many are on oil’. It’s been a real eye-opener to me how many households in our local communities are reliant on their oil and...
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Ensuring the new government hears FPS members
...Grant, who is based in Certas Energy’s Coleshill depot, takes over the presidency from Mark Nolan of Nolan Fuel Oils who has been president for the last two years. Duncan...
Opinion
What is the best Christmas present for a fuel distributor?
...meaning volumes are better.’ The price of oil has brought glad tidings of great joy to many. ‘Oil is not such a dirty word these days,’ said Richard Bates. As...
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Oil industry stars recognised
...qualified plumber and this will definitely help me along the way.” Innovative Product of the Year was won by Irish firm Dunraven Systems for its OilPal web-enabled remote oil monitoring...
Insight
Refining operations
...yield pattern by principal product category is as follows: Petrol @ 25% Jet A-1/ Kerosene @ 13% Diesel/Gasoil @ 30% Fuel Oil & Bitumen @ 15% LPG & Speciality Products...
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Off grid homeowners benefit from low prices
...form of energy is the cheapest right now. The price of oil has continued to fall over the last quarter and the cost of home heating using oil is now...
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Streamlining the UK’s downstream infrastructure
...being falling market demand following the oil price rise in the aftermath of the first ‘oil shock’ which followed the October 1973 Yom Kippur conflict in the Middle East. Further...
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Protecting consumers against summer oil theft
...tank on a regular basis. Remote electronic oil level gauges are available which will set off an audible alarm if the oil level in the tank suddenly drops or falls below...
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People are the passion at Craggs Energy
...out a space for themselves in the oil distribution business, writes Alex Porter Only in operation since October 2011, the company has focused on the individual and a new approach...
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FPS gets ready for winter
The Federation of Petroleum Suppliers has once again launched a campaign to encourage the 1.25m homeowners who use heating oil to be prepared for winter and order heating oil while...
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Scotland’s first vegetable oil heated home
Recycled vegetable oil is being used for the first time to heat a home in Scotland. The revolutionary renewable fuel has been identified as a key alternative clean energy source...