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INEOS – plant acquisition and joint safety initiative

...The natural gas-fired plant is currently owned and operated by Fortum. The acquisition complements the current £300 million infrastructure project at the site to import and store ethane, an essential...

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Total Butler acquisition under scrutiny

Concerned that the merger of Total Butler and GB Oils would remove a key competitor to GB Oils; the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) referred the acquisition to the Competition...

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Site acquisitions at Certas Energy

...Groups keen to sell or lease their forecourts.” Certas Energy currently supplies over 700 locations across the UK, including around 500 Gulf-branded forecourts. This latest acquisition signals a major step...

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Two acquisitions for the Crown Oil Group

...acquired Birlem Oil which has three depots east, west and north of London. “We’re delighted with the acquisition of Birlem,” said Matthew Greensmith, managing director of the Crown Oil Group....

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Backing a certainty

...years, there have been 24 acquisitions, the most recent being Advance Fuels and 13 retail sites from Shell in Scotland, where considerable investment will be made. Asked about further acquisitions...

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DCC to acquire Esso network in France

...second major acquisition in the European unmanned retail petrol station market following the acquisition of Qstar in Sweden in May 2014 and is a further step in DCC’s strategy to...

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Family driven

Following the recent acquisition of Countrywide’s fuels division, deputy editor Liz Boardman travelled down to Ford Fuel Oils’ Farrington head office to find out more about the family firm  ...

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Crown Oil completes acquisition of Star Oil

North West-based Crown Oil has strengthened its brand in the North West after acquiring an £18m-turnover oil supplier. The Greater Manchester company, part of the £420m-turnover Crown Oil family of...

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Slicker Recycling acquires RE:Group

Slicker Recycling Limited, the UK’s largest collector and processor of used waste lubricating oil, has announced the acquisition of RE:Group (UK) Ltd. RE:Group, based in Hull, provides waste oil collection...

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The Prax Group acquires Total oil terminal

Harvest Energy Marine, a member of the Prax Group of companies, has announced its acquisition of the Total Zeebrugge Depot in Belgium. The Prax Group has worked closely with Total...

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Tasca acquisition fuels further growth

Wakefield-based tanker manufacturer, Tasca Tankers is on track for further expansion after acquiring the business and assets of Maidment Tankers. “It was with regret that we learned of the difficulties...

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EG Group agrees £750m deal with ASDA

...brothers and TDR Capital, made a deal to take over the Asda Group on 2nd October 2020. EG’s acquisition of the forecourt business is subject to the same CMA regulatory...