Red Diesel

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Our team are specialists in reacting to sites requiring red diesel at very short notice. If a tanker delivery isn’t available same day we may be able to deliver or pump over from barrels to avoid your site coming to a complete stand-still, saving you both time and money.

Buying tractor diesel from a leading fuel supplier that has 20+ years experience and the buying power we have accumulated, Compass is able to secure red diesel prices at the best rates available to you. We can offer you anything from a 205 litre barrel up to 36,000 litres on an articulated tanker and our fleet includes the ever popular “baby tanker”. If space really is an issue we also have the ability to pump over barrels of fuel oil from a van, meaning we can reach even the most remote and difficult access jobs going!

Red diesel is a reduced/low duty fuel and is also subject to a lower 5% VAT rate unless over 2300 litres is delivered in any single delivery, then it must revert back to 20% VAT. The fuel is marked with a chemical marker red dye allowing Customs and Excise to identify when and where red diesel has been used, and also to trace the origins of supply. The rules surrounding using red diesel have now changed, with many sectors losing their entitlement from 1 April 2022. Please note – it’s illegal to use red diesel in road-going vehicles.