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Visit Rix Petroleum East Anglia at this years Starting Handle Summer Show
Company News

Visit Rix Petroleum East Anglia at this years Starting Handle Summer Show

On Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th August, the team will be at the Starting Handle Summer Show to advise on all your Fuel, Lubricant, AdBlue, Fuel Storage or Fuel Equipment requirements.

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School and village hall benefit from Rix Petroleum community donations
Helping You

School and village hall benefit from Rix Petroleum community donations

A NORFOLK school and village hall have received donations totalling more than £460 from leading family fuel company Rix Petroleum (East Anglia) Ltd. The company, based on West Carr Road, Attleborough, donated £230.23 to St Peter and St Paul School Carbrooke and £230.22 to Carbrooke Coronation Hall as part of its programme of community support.

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Young Farmer Tractor Run To Raise Money For Heart Screenings In Schools

Young Farmer Tractor Run To Raise Money For Heart Screenings In Schools

A GROUP of young farmers are raising money to fund heart screenings in schools in memory of Hornsea teenager Josh Fell.

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Rix Petroleum scoops award at first trade show of the year

Rix Petroleum scoops award at first trade show of the year

The annual show season got off to a flying start for family fuel supplier Rix Petroleum as it scooped an award at the Yorkshire Agricultural Machinery Show (YAMS).

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Rix Petroleum’s fund raising for Yorkshire Air Ambulance gets under way

Rix Petroleum’s fund raising for Yorkshire Air Ambulance gets under way

Rix Petroleum is excited to have partnered with the Yorkshire Air Ambulance and have already kicked this off by raising £1,000 in donations.

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Summer – the best time to take stock of your heating oil!
Top Tips & Advice

Summer – the best time to take stock of your heating oil!

Phew, what a scorcher this summer is turning out to be! Highest temperatures since records began and all that jazz. So, what’s the subject of today’s blog … heating oil of course. What else do you want to read about in early August when the temperatures outside are soaring?

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AdBlue – helping diesel go a bit greener!
Fuel for Commercial UseTop Tips & Advice

AdBlue – helping diesel go a bit greener!

You may have noticed bottles of AdBlue neatly stacked up on petrol station forecourts across the country. But do you actually know what Ablue is used for? Or better yet, why we use Ablue in the first place or what Adblue is made from? We, at Rix, get asked these questions quite a lot, so we've put this blog together to help explain.

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Local artists reveal their latest work at the Rix Petroleum depot in Hull
Company News

Local artists reveal their latest work at the Rix Petroleum depot in Hull

A gigantic mural was revealed today on the wall of Rix Petroleum’s depot in Hull. The mural is part of a grassroots project formed in Hull after a Banksy was found on a disused road bridge, not far from the Rix depot.

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Update from Rix regarding heating oil deliveries during period of severe winter weather
Domestic Advice

Update from Rix regarding heating oil deliveries during period of severe winter weather

Extreme wintry weather brings about many challenges for all of us up and down the country, causing considerable disruption to the normal routine of life until the snow melts and arctic temperatures pass. At Rix Petroleum, we’re feeling the cold too.

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