Crown Oil News & Updates

We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve extended our partnership with Rochdale AFC for another six years which includes continuing to sponsor the front of shirts and holding the stadium naming rights. As part of our continued sponsorship, we are also supplying the club with our renewable diesel fuel, Crown HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil) to help reduce its environmental impact.

The 15th March 2020 saw the third and final stage of new above-ground oil storage regulations in Wales to help reduce the number of pollution incidences from oil spills, leaks and bursts at commercial premises.

When it comes to powering vehicles in a low CO2 manner, the main options available are electric vehicles and renewable fuel alternatives, such as HVO, biodiesel, bioethanol and hydrogen fuel cells, so it’s worth taking a look at which is the best in the long run.

To prove HVO fuel’s benefits in improving business green credentials, we wanted to test it against DERV so that we could compare the chemical output of both fuels. To help us carry out the experiment, we enlisted the help of fully independent test house, Applied Emissions in December 2018. Applied Emissions use PEMS test protocols which offer the most rigorous testing conditions within the automotive industry.

Carmaker Ford has this week announced the use of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO fuel) in its Transit vans, specifically its 2.0-litre EcoBlue vans. This makes it the latest in a number of vehicle manufacturers that approve the use of HVO fuel in their vehicles, joining the likes of Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, Renault, Peugeot and others.

The BBC has reported a 0.85% increase in oil prices after two US bases in Iraq have been hit by airborne missiles as a result of an escalation in geopolitical instability in the region. During the Asian trading session, Brent Crude (one of the major classes of crude oil) was up by 1.4% at $69.21 per barrel.”

Managing a fleet is a costly endeavour that can quickly spiral out of control as your business grows and can even limit your growth as the overheads of keeping vehicles on the road eat into your business’ profits. With that in mind, Simon Fitton, our transport manager shares our secrets in running a high mileage fleet of 30 fuel tankers cost-effectively.

At Crown Oil, we do everything in our power to ensure that the red diesel we supply is of the highest quality that meets the appropriate specifications, helping to remove the risk of poor quality fuel which contributes to the inconvenient and costly problems of clogged filters.

In time for Road Safety Week 2019, we conducted research into five years’ worth of the Government’s road accident figures up to 2018. The data from the Department for Transport shows that, when accounting for population, Powys had the most fatalities on its roads during 2013 and 2018, with a frightening 8 losses of life per year.

An estimated £190 million in duty and VAT is owed to HMRC by fuel fraudsters in the last year – although this tax gap figure could be as high as £260 million [1]. With as many as 5,821 instances of fuel fraud uncovered so far since 2016, the crime makes up as much as 2% of the UK diesel market, according to HMRC figures obtained by fuel supplier Crown Oil through a Freedom of Information request.