Crown Oil News & Updates

Creamfields, Leeds & Reading Festivals and Notting Hill Carnival all coped with the avalanche of avid music fans enjoying of the biggest events in the UK. But this year’s music scene feels a little different: sustainability has taken centre stage. With a looming sense of fear that surrounds global warming and the government’s commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050, both public and private sectors are under huge pressure to lessen their environmental impact, and festival organisers are no exception. We’re delighted to provide a fossil fuel alternative to help UK festivals achieve this – HVO fuel.

One of the questions we often get asked is ‘how much does AdBlue cost?’ In this blog post, we aim to answer this question by looking at recent AdBlue prices and what a typical UK company can expect to pay overall for their AUS 32 NOx reduction agent.

Like a blood test, oil analysis is a powerful tool that gives you the information you need about the health of your engine, including its properties, composition and contaminants. Failure would be both catastrophic and expensive to not only repair the physical damage, but from the time taken to find a solution and the revenue lost as a result of equipment downtime.

With event organisers, data centres and many other large organisations under pressure to reduce their environmental impact and net emissions, energy consumption has become a key area of concern. In order to achieve this, a shift from fossil fuels to alternative fuels is inevitable. One green fuel in particular – HVO fuel – is breaking new ground.

Here at Crown Oil, we decided to look at recently-released DVSA statistics for 2018, on average, female LGV students pass at a higher rate than their male counterparts – nationwide female pass rates were at 60%, compared to male pass rates for the UK, which were at 57.9%.

At Crown Oil, we are trusted by businesses of kinds across the UK to supply gas oil regularly and on time. At the same time, we also want to help businesses – for whom gas oil or red diesel are essential – to be as efficient and eco-friendly as possible.

The sun might not have been shining this weekend, but the bad weather didn’t hinder more than 35 garden enthusiasts’ efforts to transform the Crown Oil Arena’s Rochdale in Bloom Wonder Wall into yet another beautiful masterpiece.

With all modern diesel engine vehicles such as heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) now required to use a process called selective catalytic reduction (SCR), finding a reliable supplier of AdBlue for your business is of utmost importance.

Crown Oil is a family-run and family-owned business, so we understand the importance of reliable horticultural nursery fuel services for the commercial growing sector, to support and sustain your business.

As a commercial greenhouse heating supplier, we can help with all of your horticultural needs, so whether you need plant nursery heating fuel, greenhouse biodiesel, diesel for heating your greenhouses or lubricants to keep your machinery running smoothly, we can help.

Process oils are used in a number of industries and applications; either as a raw material component or to help with processing. At Crown Oil, we have over 70 years’ experience in the lubricants business. As so, we recognise the vital role process oils play in your business operations. Depending on your requirements, our industry-leading chemists are able to formulate a specific blend to meet your business requirements. Alternatively, we are also an authorised distributor of Total and Addinol oils throughout the UK.