We were delighted to deliver something a little extra to our Milwich heating oil syndicate this month in the form of a donation to the village’s community groups.

Big oil companies and their shareholders tend to panic when oil prices plummet and the result is often a splurge of corporate mergers. Indeed, it was the low oil price at the end of the 1990’s, that led Lord Browne (then head of BP) to first merge with Mobil and then buy the American oil giants Amoco and ARCO in quick succession. At about the same time, Exxon bought out the remnants of Mobil, Chevron merged with Texaco and Total gobbled up Elf and PetroFina.

Home heating oil remains popular due to its affordability and availability, as well as the infrequent natural gas networks in many of the rural communities of Great Britain. While you are looking for oil to heat your home, it is important to remember that many suppliers can provide you with the oil you need. Therefore no reason exists to pay a penny higher than the market dictates.

A lucky Montrose resident is enjoying the warm glow of victory after winning 500 litres of heating oil from Rix Petroleum.

It’s often said the energy prices rise like a rocket and fall like a feather and unscrupulous suppliers are always accused of taking advantage of consumers by not passing on reductions in the price of gas and oil.

Rix Petroleum is a household name among the East Yorkshire farming families who have worked with us over the many years we have been supplying Heating oil, Gas Oil and Diesel throughout the region.

We're getting very excited for the Grand Opening of the new Rix Pavilion at the Driffield Show ground. It will be opened next week by HRH The Countess of Wessex. The new state of the art conference and exhibition centre will be officially opened by the Countess of Wessex on the 25th March at the Driffield Showground.