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American Oil Production Disappoints – OilFiredUp
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Oil derricks over American flagU.S. oil production may be growing more slowly than everyone thinks.In May American drillers pumped 10.442 million barrels a day, which is about 300,000 fewer barrels per day than the Energy Information Administration had projected. In...
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CCC Recommendations on Decarbonising off-grid heat fail to address reality, says OFTEC – OilFiredUp
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OFTEC has written to the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) expressing major disappointment that, despite clear evidence showing heat pumps are not providing a viable route to decarbonising heat from off-grid homes, the Government’s advisory body has still endorsed this...
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Trafigura have signed agreement with Plains to boost US crude oil exports – OilFiredUp
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Trafigura has signed a long-term agreement with Plains All American pipeline operator. The agreement is to ship 300,000 barrels per day of crude from the Permian Basin to the port of Corpus Christi, as the global commodity trader make their...
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Oil slick from sunken tanker in China trebles in size – OilFiredUp
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Sanchi, an Iranian ship, went down off China’s east coast carrying nearly one million barrels of oil on 6th January 2018.The spill from the tanker has now more than trebled in size. Authorities have surveyed three oil slicks with a...
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Labour Launches General Election 'Green Plan' Gameplan – OilFiredUp
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Labour Launches 2015 General Election 'Green Plan'Labour yesterday set out its ‘Green Plan’, establishing its environment and climate change policies ahead of next month’s General Election.The plan was launched ahead of Labour’s Energy Spokesperson Caroline Flint taking part in a...
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Cameron Urged To Combat 'Climate Change' And Build Green Economy – OilFiredUp
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Eighty Businesses Urge Cameron Urged To Combat 'Climate Change' And Build Green EconomyEighty UK businesses including Willmott Dixon, Cisco, E.on, John Lewis Partnership, SSE, and BT have joined with WWF to call on the new government to take decisive action...
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Enhancing Knowledge Crucial To Energy Saving Behaviours – OilFiredUp
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Enhancing Knowledge Crucial To Energy Saving BehavioursIncreasing public knowledge and understanding about energy issues is vital if improved energy-saving behaviours are to be encouraged among individuals and organisations. That’s according to research published by Plymouth University.A survey conducted by the...
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Scotland's Energy Minister Calls For Energy Savings To Be Passed To Customers – OilFiredUp
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Fergus EwingLeading energy suppliers should tell their customers when bills will start to drop, Scotland’s Energy Minister Fergus Ewing said last week.Mr. Ewing’s call comes after it was revealed that heating oil users have largely benefitted from the reduction in...
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Leave Campaigners Pledge To Axe Brussels' Heating Tax – OilFiredUp
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Heating oil and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) users could be better off if the UK votes to leave the European Union. That’s the claim of prominent Leave campaigners Michael Gove, Boris Johnson and Gisela Stuart, writing in The Sun today.The...
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'Build A Boiler' winners assemble on Worcester's production line – OilFiredUp
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After testing their skills on the factory floor, nine lucky installers have come away from Worchester, Bosch Group with a brand new boiler.As part of its first ever ‘Build a Boiler’ competition, Worcester invited the winners to experience its manufacturing process...
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