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OFTEC has responded to a call for evidence from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) with a strong case highlighting the crucial role low carbon liquid fuels should play in decarbonising heat from rural homes.BEIS’ ‘Future Framework...

The UK’s two leading tank accessory manufacturers have unveiled very different approaches towards preventing one of the main causes of oil based, environmental pollution…. tank overfills.Wiltshire based Atkinson Equipment Limited, have recently advised details of new overfill prevention technology for...

Established in 1970, Boulter Boilers Limited will be a name familiar throughout the UK oil heating industry.Earlier this year, Boulter was acquired by Buderus Heitztechnic, a member of the Buderus Group. Buderus will be name with which many UK installers...

If new plans go ahead vulnerable, low income households in Lincolnshire will no longer receive financial support from the government to repair their broken down boiler. This could leave up to 25,000 homes in the cold if their system breaks...

Many rural homes could be heated by vegetable oil within the next five years, according to a new industry report on the future of rural heating.Currently, oil heating is one of the most popular choices for those living off the gas...

The terms ’bunding’ means to provide oil resistant containment around a storage vessel. A ’bunded’ tank therefore consists of ‘a tank within a tank’. In the event of a spillage originating from the inner tank, any surplus fuel will be...

Signal Capital Management has launched a cryptocurrency ‘Petrodollars’ backed by oil and gas reserves.Its initial coin offering is expected to take place in late 2018.Signal Capital Management, a New York based investment and holdings company, have launched a cryptocurrency backed...

A ruptured domestic fuel tank was the cause of a large fire in Barwick, near Yeovil, on Thursday (February 22).The fire service have said that two bungalows were damaged as a tank containing 1000 litres of fuel caught fire.The cause...

Demand for home heating oil may have plummeted we bask in the sunshine – but prices are soaring, according to the consumer watchdog.As the U.K. swelter in Mediterranean temperatures, the price of oil is 39% higher than this time last...

The Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS), the trade association for the UK oil distribution industry, has met with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) regarding the introduction of new legislation which will affect over 95 heating oil and fuel distribution...