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Biofuels – an uncertain future
...“ says Mabanaft’s biofuels’ manager, Robin Lloyd The legal background The Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation (RTFO) came into force in April 2008, placing an obligation on fuel suppliers to ensure...
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Stanlow Terminals: a sustainable energy hub for the future
...biofuels and sustainable, low carbon, alternative fuels and that’s the direction that we are moving with too. “The benefit is that a lot of these future fuels will have a...
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Highland Fuels, proud of fuel distribution heritage but future focussed
...Wilson Fuels adding Glasgow and Perthshire. A business that has never stood still, Highland Fuels went from strength to strength adding a Campbelltown distributor before acquiring the Scapa Flow oil...
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Value Oils: leader in online fuel distribution
...family solid fuel business in my younger days whilst at Queen’s University Belfast,” Donall explains. “In 1985 we established ‘Connors Fuels Ltd’ which was very successful in N. Ireland and...
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Raising awareness – carbon monoxide and fossil fuels
Launching CO Awareness month in Northern Ireland at the beginning of November Carbon Monoxide (CO) Awareness Month has been running throughout November. In Northern Ireland, OFTEC has been warning householders...
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Open to debate in Ireland
...BP, David Kingsman, Fuelsoft, Julia Mansfield, Fuel Additive Science Technologies and David Blevings, Northern Ireland Oil Federation. “I felt the mix of speakers was interesting,” wrote John Switzer of J...
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A ‘game changer’ for Irish retail
Emmet O’Neill, chief executive, Topaz (l) with Brian Hannasch, president and chief executive officer of Alimentation, Couche-Tard Johnny Bambury-Fennell Photography Subject to the usual regulatory approvals and closing conditions Ireland’s...
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Tank testing – NIOF seeks a level playing field with a simple solution
...Members of the Northern Ireland Oil Federation (NIOF) believe that a number of fuel tankers are not subjected to periodic inspection of tanks and this is a major issue of...
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Inver Energy – syndicated bank deal
...Bank of Ireland, BNP Paribas and Credit Suisse. Barclays and Bank of Ireland are mandated lead arrangers of the receivables and BNP Paribas is the mandated lead arranger for the...
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Level of illicit fuel is ‘alarming’
...number of border area fuel laundering plants and filling stations selling illicit fuel is ‘alarming’. Seamus Leheny, FTA’s policy & membership relations manager for Northern Ireland, said: “Every effort must...
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The ‘Oil is cheaper’ campaign
...out the ‘oil is cheaper’ message across Ireland in 2016,” said David Blevings, OFTEC’s Ireland manager. “The intention is to build this into a bigger and better campaign to retain...
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Negotiating the swings and roundabouts of fuel distribution
...six months of 2013 compared to 2012 and, over the same period, statistics from the National Oil Reserves Agency (NORA) show an increase of 20% on Republic of Ireland kerosene...
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Belfast conference – FTA announces keynote speaker
...head of the Transport Regulation Unit (TRU) Donna Knowles, chief executive of Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland (HSENI) Keith Morrison, and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). FTA...
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Suttons celebrates growth in fuels sector with 100th petroleum regulation truck on fleet
...of the year, we spoke to Suttons as they reflected on its journey in the fuels industry and how it has become a leading provider to fuels distributors and retailers...
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£6m equity raise for Renovare Fuels
Sustainable fuels producer, Renovare Fuels, has announced an equity raise of £6 million. The company’s revolutionary technology turns biodegradable waste from homes and industry into advanced renewable biofuels. This investment...
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Renovare fuelling the biofuel debate
...the choice to integrate next generation biofuels into its supplies alongside standard renewables. Development fuels are made from sustainable waste or residual feedstock, with the exclusion of segregated oils and...
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Could you take the title of Tanker of the Year 2024?
...Tincknell Fuels (Magyar) Heltor (Tasca Tankers) Cambria (Road Tankers Northern) Kelly Fuels (Central Welding) Cooke Fuels (Road Tankers Northern) EMO Oils (Central Welding) Consols Oils (Maidment) WCF Fuels (Road Tankers...
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James Hygate, Firefly Green Fuels: challenges and progress on the pathway to green aviation
...Fuels has helped its customers reduce their carbon emissions by an estimated 6.5 million tonnes. The biofuels industry “I have been working in the biofuels space for over two decades...