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Oil – the only heating fuel where prices have fallen
...more details. The price difference between oil and gas has narrowed significantly. Three years ago oil was nearly 60% more expensive than mains gas but now it is just over...
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Celebrating 30 years at UK Road Tanker Inspection
After 30 years in business, UK RTI is proud to still offer the first-class service for which it is well-recognised. Still family-run the business, which started life as Williams Tankers,...
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Key supplier in new hands after popular industry couple retires
Retiring from successful industry business, Liquip UK, after 20 years at the helm, Mike and Moira Green have expressed their gratitude to customers: “Our thanks go to all our customers,...
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Energy statistics show fall in oil production
...compared to the previous year. The Department of Energy and Climate Change has published the figures in Energy Trends and Quarterly Energy Prices, publications which give statistics on energy production...
Opinion
Ken’s Corner – Governments need to be here to help
...the year 1876, nearly 150 years ago. Elections are all about winning friends and influencing people. However, after the white heat of politics is over, the only thing that really...
Insight
Ken’s Corner: Unintended consequences
...we conclude another busy year, I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to all our UKIFDA members and the companies that support us throughout the year...
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Michelin chooses HVO to cut fleet emissions
Michelin will unlock a 30% reduction in CO2 emissions across its Stoke-on-Trent-based logistics fleet this year, after securing 400,000 litres of HVO to use in place of diesel between now...
Opinion
CILT’s 21-point plan to achieve net-zero by 2050
...Routes to Net-Zero 2050: 2020 Year End Summary. The report includes 21 recommendations for action covering all transport modes and activities. At the end of a year of study, debate...
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June 2023: the latest people moves in the sector
...UK with Mike also joining the company’s Executive Leadership Team. With over 25 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, Mike also has extensive knowledge of refining and...
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A good infrastructure?
...– affecting around 20% of regional requirements – followed the explosion at the Hertfordshire Oil Storage terminal at Buncefield in December 2005. Coming just a few years after fuel supplies...
Interview
One man and a tanker
Celebrating 20 years in business, Jerry Cosgrave and Leon Byrne beside McConville Oil’s tanker McConville Oil is run by Jerry Cosgrave who took over the business from his father-in-law Dermot...
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Greenergy reports 82 per cent profit rise
...almost seven years. “This year, the price of naphtha fell relative to petrol, making it a cheaper component than at any time in the past five years,” the report said....
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German manufacturer enters UK off-grid oil boiler market
...UK product range, having operated in the market for many years as a niche player. The Vitorondens 200-T floor-standing oil-condensing boiler features Viessmann’s bespoke two-stage Vitoflame blue flame condensing oil...
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Farewell to an editor extraordinaire
Getting on top of the industry’s stories, Jane has travelled extensively across the UK and Ireland in search of interesting industry news and hot topics After 21 years working on...
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An eventful and exciting year at MFG
...in their latest year. The Morrisons’ pilot will start by the end of the year and will allow Morrisons to supply branded and own-brand food to the forecourt stores. www.motorfuelgroup.com...
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Designed for the industry by the industry
...to DODF, who was instrumental in setting up PDP? DECC was the government department that ACAS requested take the lead in re-establishing the DODF, which had existed some six years...
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Best buy oil boilers
...an Oil Boiler Best Buy this year. Last year, according to EUA statistics, Grant oil boilers were the number one selling models in the UK Grant’s oil-fired condensing boiler range...
Insight
Heating future: prospects for kerosene and HVO
...or so years. The Government, through its ‘Heat and Buildings’ strategy, published in 2021, signalled its clear preference for heat pumps as the principal energy source for space heating, but...