Top Fuel Oil Distributors and Logistics

UK Mainland

2025(2024) CompanyNumber of tankers
1(1)Certas Energy800+
2(2)Watson Fuels293
3(3)NWF Fuels160
4(4)Your NRG128
5(7)Johnston Oils113
6(6)Goff Petroleum111
7=(8)Crown Oil100
7=(5)Rix Petroleum100
9(11)New Era Fuels83
10(9)WCF Fuels78
11(10)Ford Fuel Oils72
12(12)Oilfast63
13(13=)Mitchell & Webber50
14(13=)Highland Fuels49
15(16)WP Group48
16(13=)Barton Petroleum46
17=(17)Craggs Energy Group45
17=(18)Oil4Wales45
19(19)Heltor44
20(20)Gleaner Oils43

Distributors are ranked by number of tankers supplied to Fuel Oil News in January 2025.
If you feel you should be included in the above list please contact margaret@fueloilnews.co.uk with your latest tanker fleet number

Source: Fuel Oil News February 2025
 

Republic of Ireland

 Rank CompanyNumber of tankers
1East Cork Oil197
2Top Oil120*
3Corrib Oil110**
4Certa Ireland101
5Klass Oil53
6Valero Marketing41
7Tria Energy27
8Sweeney Oil24
9Glen Fuel Services21
10M&J Kelleher20
11Ultima Oil18
*Top Oil remains a significant distributor in ROI with the most recent confirmed figure of 120 in 2020.
**correct as at 2022

Northern Ireland

 Rank CompanyNumber of tankers
1LCC Oils150*
2Nicholl Oils110
3Patterson Oil36
4Bangor Fuels35
5AH Fuel Oils25
6=Morrow Fuels18
6=Thompson Fuels18
8WR Kennedy & Sons12
9P Ferguson & Sons11
*Correct as at 2022

Figures, taken on trust, were provided in January/February 2025.

Fuel Oil News respects the wishes of some distributors who chose not to disclose figures. 

Source: Fuel Oil News March 2025

Top 10 logistic companies 

2019 (2018)Company Number of tankers
1(1)Hoyer Petrolog366
2(5)DHL225
3(2)Turners (Soham)215
4(4)Wincanton190
5(3)XPO Logistics178
6(7)Greenergy Flexigrid156
7(6)Reynolds Logistics145
8(8)Suckling Transport 125
9(9)Suttons Transport 38
10(-)Clugston Distribution21

 
The list of the top 10 UK fuel logistics companies is based on size of tanker fleet. Figures, which were taken on trust, were provided by the individual companies.

Source: Fuel Oil News August 2019