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How to get relief from excise duty on oil used in certain ways using the Industrial Relief Scheme, also known as the Tied Oils Scheme.

• Updated: 5 February 2024

How businesses can get a rebate of duty on light oil used as a furnace fuel.

• Updated: 18 January 2024

How to store oil safely, check which oil storage regulations apply and pollution penalties

• Overview

  You have to follow certain regulations if you have an oil storage…

• Storing oil at your home

  You must meet building regulations if you have a new or replacement oil…

• Storing oil at your business

  You must follow the regulations for businesses if your oil container can…

Find out about the requirements and obligations for warehousekeepers of motor and heating fuels in the UK.

• Updated: 20 August 2025

Find out about the registered dealers in controlled oil (RDCO) scheme.

• Updated: 15 August 2025

Central Point of Expertise of Timber (CPET's) newsletters contain guidance, news items and helpful information on sustainable palm oil.

• Updated: 29 March 2016

• Updated: 21 March 2022

TRA proposes anti-dumping duties on engine oils and hydraulic fluids from Lithuania and UAE to protect UK producers.

• Updated: 22 September 2025

Find out about the legal definitions of biofuel products and fuel substitutes, excise duty rates and the roles and responsibilities of producers from 1 April 2022.

• Updated: 23 September 2025

Find out how you can claim repayment of excise duty on heavy mineral (hydrocarbon) oil used to grow certain horticultural produce.

• Updated: 7 February 2024