Emergency Response Spill Kits

Emergency Response Spill Kits are vital to ensuring your business operates safely when handling fuel oils or almost any kind of spill in fact. Birmingham Fuel Oils can supply you with an all purpose essential emergency spill kit that complies with EA guidelines and legislation and assist with ISO 14001 compliance standards.

These spill kits are ideally for use with oil coolant, water detergent and mild chemical solution spills and are known as Maintenance spill kits. Also available are Chemical spill kits for acids, caustics and corrosive chemical spills. Finally Oil spill kits are also available for hydrocarbon spills (such as kerosene oil or diesel oil) and also lubricants, paints and solvents.

Each spill kit pack contains easy to follow instructions, contents check lists, re-order sheets and an emergency call out number just in case you may need assistance with the incident.

Domestic Oil in the UK

Birmingham Fuel Oils have had a wealth of experience in supplying customers with Domestic Oil for a variety of purposes and environments. If you are unsure whether or not Domestic Oil is the option for you, feel free to contact Birmingham Fuel Oils for further information and a customer sales assistant will be happy to help answer your questions.

Domestic Oil is known as a variety of different names but it is essentially the same product in most cases. For example here is a few names for Domestic Oil you may recognise:

Heating Oil
Commonly used to describe the use of Domestic Oil this has also become another name for the oil itself. Domestic Oil and Heating Oil are the same fuel just with slightly different names that both accurately describe the oil and where/how it is used.

Kerosene
Again kerosene is just another name for Domestic Oil. Kerosene is the technical name for the fuel and can also be sometimes called Kerosine. Some dialects call this fuel Paraffin or Paraffin Oil instead of Kerosene such as South Africa. This is not to be confused with Paraffin Wax or the more viscous (thick) variety of Paraffin laxative.

Red Diesel
Red Diesel is another name for Domestic Oil and should not be confused with regular diesel for automobiles. Diesel and Red Diesel have slightly different compositions to each other as Diesel is designed for use in cars and other vehicles whereas Red Diesel should only be used as Domestic Oil such as Home Heating Oil. Red Diesel will always have a red colour to varying strengths as opposed to regular Diesel.

Why are Barrels of Red Diesel So Cheap?

Why are Barrels of Red Diesel So Cheap?


Barrels of Red Diesel are so cheap when compared to regular automobile fuel because it is not designed for use in vehicles. Barrels of Red Diesel have less sulfur in them and they are designed for use in heating systems in the home. While it is only slightly different chemically this differentiation allows the fuel to be taxed differently as it is used in different ways. The Barrels of Red Diesel have a red dye added in order to easily differentiate the two fuels to prevent fraudulent purchases for those wishing to avoid fuel tax.

Barrels Of Red Diesel

Barrels Of Red Diesel

You may be wondering what the difference is with Barrels Of Red Diesel to the of regular Diesel fuel, especially as Diesel fuel is typically more expensive due to the larger taxes on it. Barrels Of Red Diesel are chemically very similar to regular diesel but does not contain as much sulfur as it is designed typically for home heating systems. In order to distinguish Barrels Of Red Diesel from regular diesel fuel easily a simple red dye is added to the mixture. This allows regulators and distributers to easily distinguish the fuel as home heating oil and not confuse it with regular diesel for automobiles.

Barrels of Kerosene for Heating Oil

Barrels of Kerosene for Heating Oil

Barrels of Kerosene are often used as heating oil for domestic use. While Kerosene is chemically very similar to white diesel fuel it isn’t taxed as heavily as it’s cousin. This is why Barrels of Kerosene for heating oil is red in colour in order to differentiate it from regular diesel. The red colour of the Barrels of Kerosene is created by simply adding red dye to the mixture. This means you can be sure your Barrels of Kerosene are going to be much cheaper if purchasing red domestic heating oil.

Barrels of Kerosene Prices

Barrels of Kerosene Prices

Barrels of Kerosene are readily available across the UK with Birmingham Fuel Oils for a competitive price. Prices for Barrels of Kerosene are not usually listed on websites so to get an accurate quote for your business you will need to get in touch with Birmingham Fuel Oils via the telephone. This way you can get a custom made quote tailored to your needs with flexible payment arrangements. You’ll find Barrels of Kerosene are not only excellent high quality fuel but also extremely good quality for money as an efficient burning fuel. You can also purchase Barrels of Kerosene for domestic use so make sure you get in touch with Birmingham Fuel Oils today.

Barrels of Kerosene

Barrels of Kerosene

At Birmingham Fuel Oils Barrels of Kerosene are available also known as “boiler Juice”, “Burning Oil”, “28 second”, “industrial paraffin” and “Heating Oil”. As the names would suggest Barrels of Kerosene are used for a wide range of business needs due to it’s high quality clean burning attributes. This also allows it to produce high heat levels in an efficient manner. All of the Barrels of Kerosene from Birmingham Fuel Oils exceed British Standard Specification BS 2869 Class C2 requirements as standard with all Barrels of Kerosene products.