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Key challenges and opportunities facing the fuel distributor

...coal deliveries and evolved to being suppliers of petroleum and other energy products, servicing a substantial, diverse portfolio of customers. Further, they have been eager adopters of new technology and...

Interview

Holding steady in challenging times

...business which has grown over the last few years,” said Adrian. “We also sell solid fuel in the form of coal and briquettes which has proved to be a good...

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Welsh distributor goes with the wind

...coal, biomass and wind; a new turbine was recently erected beside the company’s Ammanford depot. The company’s first turbine was erected in December 2014 and now supplies power to 400...

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COP26 FON Blog 5: Downstream challenges

...has made progress in areas of policy that don’t directly relate to downstream.  104 countries committed to reducing methane. 40 countries to phase out coal, and 110 countries to stopping...

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More opportunities for fossil fuel producers

...intensity that cannot come from electricity alone. “These are areas that are not, on the whole, locked into a coal-driven system. There is the potential for them to shift more...

Interview

Northern Energy: fuelling communities for 90 years

...grew. “My father soon realised the waste of bringing back empty trucks,” Muriel continues, “so he began to bring back coal from the city to sell to the many local...

Interview

In Conversation with Bangor Fuels

...sense of pride. Damian takes us back: “Most local people will recall Rayker Fuels, a coal business. Well, I managed them from 1994 and, after a few years there, I...

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Family driven

...Family values From early roots in milk and coal after the Second World War to scrap metal in the early 1970s, Alan and Jack Ford founded the fuel business in...

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The growth of natural gas in Ireland

...with the distribution network being owned and operated by the latter. By bringing gas to Strabane, Omagh, Enniskillen, Derrylin, Dungannon, Coalisland, Cookstown and Magherafelt, up to 40,000 new domestic customers...

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OptiMate is the key to MechTronic success in Ireland

...oil operatives invest in OptiMate In 2018, Lissan Coal Company (LCC Oil) was the first fuel oil operative in Northern Ireland to purchase four OptiMate systems closely followed by Murphy...

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Isuzu first for Darch Oil

...with 10 vehicles handling coal transportation. Supplied by Ferndown Commercials at Wimborne, this new tanker will cover approximately 40,000 miles a year over a working life of up to 12...