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Theft threat?

When the price of crude oil rises, reports of oil theft increase. Alex Porter spoke to distributors about the situation in their area A recent article on the Fuel Oil...

Insight

No easy decisions at Whitegate

...support the country’s oil needs is Whitegate. Oil refining on the island of Ireland Originally commissioned in 1959, Whitegate has a distillation capacity of 71,000 bpd. One third of output...

Interview

Kevin McPartlan of Fuels for Ireland

...the highest dependencies on oil of all the European countries with some counties 75% reliant on oil for home heating. There are many in rural communities who drive 2.5 times...

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Investors welcome Shell net zero emissions plan

...significance for the broader energy sector. “It’s imperative we see companies across the entire oil and gas sector put strategies in place to achieve net zero emission if we are...

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Will liquid fuels be heating homes in 2030?

...the market for oil boilers predominantly in the replacement sector, OFTEC’s strategy is to retain the present oil-fired boiler market share. Using initiatives such as the Oilsave campaign, OFTEC is...

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Supplying renewable, carbon-neutral biofuels

With a shelf-life of up to 10 years, Crown Oil is backing HVO, which can be used as a drop-in replacement for regular diesel and gas oil with the approval...

Opinion

A reliable and secure supply

...security of supply going forwards.  The plan is for the terminal to be able to throughput five products: super unleaded gasoline, premium unleaded gasoline, gasoil, diesel and kerosene.  The Prax...

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Cheaper heating bills for oil households

...gas grid homes. According to the Sutherland Tables, a recognised source of data on comparative UK domestic heating prices, the current annual cost of using oil to heat a three...