Why choose us

A family business, keeping the South supplied since 1997

A trusted, family run fuel supplier based in Sussex for nearly 30 years, delivering heating oil and fuel to homes, farms and businesses across Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire.

A Southern Energy tanker parked on a country lane, its driver smiling from the cab

Our story

  1. 1997

    We start trading

    An independent, family owned and operated fuel supplier, based in Sussex.

  2. Local Fuels

    The name you knew

    For most of our history you knew us as Local Fuels.

  3. Today

    Southern Energy

    A new name, but the same family, the same team and the same phone number.

Our own tankers

We run our own tankers from our base at the Shoreham Oil Terminal in Portslade, from articulated tankers for the largest loads to a baby tanker for the drives and lanes the big ones cannot reach.

We deliver across Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire, and you deal with us throughout: the tanker that arrives is ours.

A Southern Energy articulated tanker at a fuel terminal, a worker in safety gear walking beside it

Why Southern Energy

Reliable local fuel, delivered when you need it.

Family run and independent since 1997. We deliver home heating oil across Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire, with commercial and bulk fuel supplied further afield on request.

1997
Trusted since
3
Sectors we fuel
£0
Admin fees on any order
1Family run and independent, trusted since 1997.
2Home heating across Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire, commercial fuel further afield.
3Live online prices, quote and order in under a minute.
4No admin fee, the price you're quoted is the total you pay.

What that means for you

Our own tankers

Standard, baby and four wheeler, so tight access is rarely a problem.

You deal with us throughout

A delivery we schedule, not a job we subcontract.

The price you are quoted is the total you pay

No admin fee on any order.

Live prices online

Quote and order in under a minute.

Our credentials

Members of the bodies that set the standards for fuel distribution and storage in the UK.

  • Fuels Industry UK
  • Petrol Retailers Association
  • Tank Storage Association
  • UKIFDA, the Fuel Distribution Association
  • Renewable Fuels Assurance Scheme (PW/P49/24)
Brighton & Hove Albion Official Partner

Official Partner of Brighton & Hove Albion

What our customers say

Rated 4.9 out of 5 by 171 customers

★★★★★ 4.9 average from 171 Google reviews

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Tim B.

August 2026

★★★★★

Very prompt delivery, and at very competitive price

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Alex M.

August 2026

★★★★★

Good company to deal with, helpful drivers - and, importantly, price is usually amongst the best (always check!)

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Richard T.

August 2026

★★★★★

Always good to deal with local suppliers. Southern Energy's prices are currently better than BoilerJuice anyway and they deliver really quickly. So why deal with a middleman - go direct!

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Paul R.

June 2026

★★★★★

Having been left disappointed by others several times over the years it's a pleasure to have found this supplier. They turn up when they say they will and are just as competitive as that big comparison site that has degraded into a lottery in recent years and that I'm glad I no longer use. Southern Energy every time now!

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Mary H.

April 2026

★★★★★

on time and date promised and courteous and helpful driver.

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