Home Heating Fuel Additives In 1999, an EU directive to reduce the sulphur content in Kerosene was implemented.
Whilst having a positive environmental impact, the lower sulphur levels adversely affected Boilers, Vapourising Boilers and Agas by increasing the char value, soot levels and flow rate and continue to do so.
Many of our longer standing customers remember when a boiler service was an annual event without the need for expensive parts, as opposed to the number of breakdown call outs that occur nowadays. Recent advances in technology have enabled companies to produce additives that essentially restore the Kerosene to levels that Boilers and Agas were originally designed to run on.
There is a very interesting Weekend Telegraph article written a few years ago - but still as relevant today. You can read it by clicking here.
Fuel Oils provide a range of additives that offer an improvement in the fuel quality. The volumes that we now sell to our customers are a testament as to how effective they are.
You can view the range from the left hand menus.
From 1st April 2022, the UK Governments legislation concerning the use of rebated oils (Red Diesel and Red HVO) changes. At Budget 2020 the government announced that it was removing entitlement to use rebated diesel from most sectors, with exceptions for agriculture, horticulture, fish farming and forestry; Heating and electricity generation in non-commercial premises ; Marine crafts ; Railway vehicles ; Amateur sports clubs and golf courses; Travelling fairs and circuses.
This means that current customers of rebated oils (Gas Oil) including red biodiesel (Red H.V.O.) will need to change over to DERV (white diesel) BEFORE 1st April 2022. This change will significantly increase your fuel costs and affect credit lines. If you have any questions regarding these changes, please contact our Sales team for help. Further information can be obtained from the UK Governments website at this address