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OFTEC, alongside 29 other organisations*, has signed a letter to the new Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Greg Clark, calling for a commitment to critical EU 2020 carbon reduction and energy infrastructure targets, irrespective of...

A local project which won a national award for its inventiveness and caring approach has been expanded to help more vulnerable people in Newcastle and Northumberland.Warm Hubs is an innovative project and approach by Community Action Northumberland to help support...

Jack Gerard to Step DownAfter a decade at the helm of the leading US oil and gas industry group, American Petroleum Institute president Jack Gerard will step down when his term is up in August. Mr Gerard said he will...

Photograph of Jeremy HawksleyThe new boiler scrappage scheme announced by Boris Johnson, which will help Greater London residents reduce CO2 emissions from heating should be rolled out across the country to help meet the UK’s ambitious carbon reduction targets. That’s...

Investors have been told that the Broadford Bridge well has achieved UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC’s most important pre-drill technical goals.UKOG highlighted that analysis of the well has provided further proof of concept evidence for the existence of the...

Advertising Standards Authority Deems Greenpeace Fracking Ad MisleadingEnvironmental pressure group Greenpeace has had its knuckles wrapped by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), after it published an advertisement, which claimed experts agreed that fracking would not reduce energy bills.Following a complaint...

Craig Stewart Potterton CommercialLeading boiler manufacturer Potterton Commercial has bolstered its presence in the north of the country with the appointment of a new area sales manager.Joining from Ideal after more than 20 years of service, Craig Stewart has joined...

OFTEC LogoOFTEC marked 25 years since its foundation at its Annual Conference and AGM, where Chairman Nick Hawkins, Director Commercial Operations at Kingspan Environmental, formally welcomed OFTEC’s new Chief Executive Paul Rose.Paul, who is currently OFTEC’s technical director, will take...

New industry figures show that despite a slow increase in heating oil prices since the start of 2016, the average annual cost of heating a home on oil has fallen again, providing welcome news for industry and homeowners alike.According to...

At its recent General Assembly, held in Leuven, Belgium, the European Heating Oil Association – better known simply as Eurofuel – which claims to represent the oil heating industry at supranational level across the United Kingdom and European Union, elected Dr. Ernst-Moritz...