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SEA call for regulation welcomed by UKIFDA
...domestic heating oil in the UK and Ireland UKIFDA accepts the need to decarbonize but is also lobbying for a customer focused transition plan emphasizing the need to achieve significant...
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Industry engagement continues in quest to resolve FAME issues
...the UK and Ireland have been driving the use of biodiesel across the supply chain. In recent months there has been a rapid increase in the use of FAME up...
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Irving Oil to acquire Whitegate
Built in 1959 Whitegate is Ireland’s sole refinery, it processes up to 75,000 barrels of crude oil per day, producing transportation and heating fuels. It has a workforce of 160...
Opinion
Ken’s Corner – time to reflect
...events. Rumours persist in Ireland that there will be an election in the autumn, following a budget on October 1st. Alongside our partners, Fuels for Ireland and OFTEC, we have...
Interview
The battle to offer a competitive product
...in the fleet. Calls for lower taxes, COD and drums Due to Malone Oil’s proximity to the border competition from Northern Ireland-based distributors, who can sell the same product at...
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Research predicts oil price drop will continue
...will have reached 55.52ppl in the UK and 75.81 cents per litre in Ireland. From there, prices are forecast to drop to reach 54.00 ppl in the UK and 74.10...
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Industry solutions provider marks anniversary with expansion into downstream
...it expand into Latin America for the first time. Already, XL Global Group operates from locations in the Middle East, Canada, UK and Ireland. A strategic goal Colin Laird, CEO...
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Kan’to installation puts Finol in control
Kan’to Instruments has recently completed a major installation for Finol Oil, one of the leading lubricant suppliers in Ireland Dimitri Papaioannou, managing director of Kan’to, told FON: “We’ve now completed...
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On the right route – Phillips 66
...accepted the role of manager, UK and Ireland marketing. “One of the main reasons I chose not to opt for my pipe and slippers just yet was the huge amount...
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UKIFDA announces new chief executive
...Commenting on his appointment, Ken said: “The liquid fuels industry is poised to play a lead role in the UK and Ireland’s Net Zero challenge and I will be joining...
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Off grid homeowners benefit from low prices
...from Sutherland Tables, a provider of comparative home heating costs for the most common fuels in the UK and Republic of Ireland. This drop has prompted UKIFDA to urge households...
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Streamlining the UK’s downstream infrastructure
...the UK’s main geographical regions, highlighting what is still in place and what has closed down since the mid/late 1970s. NORTHERN IRELAND Served by three large sea-fed terminals with two...
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Logistics industry concerns over sulphur surcharge
FTA Northern Ireland is concerned that businesses shipping goods via the Irish Sea are set to be faced with additional surcharges from shipping lines, which will make the cost of...
Analysis
Why has the price of heating oil risen faster than crude?
...Authority (CMA) to investigate the heating oil market. Ministers in Ireland have also spoken in inflammatory terms of ‘possible price gouging’ and the issue has quickly become part of the...
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Bungalow destroyed by tank fire
...to householders. The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service is currently investigating the fire involving an oil tank, which then spread to the bungalow, situated in a row of terraced...
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Suttons invests in UK road tanker business
(l-r)) Joe Roddy, Volvo’s network truck sales director North & Ireland with Michael Cundy, MD, Suttons Tankers and John Sutton, CEO, Suttons Group Suttons Group is investing more than £17m...
Opinion
Distributor urges UK Government to follow Irish lead on heat obligation, as Cornish trial delivers huge carbon savings.
...Bill 2025 and using HVO for home heating. This is a landmark climate policy aimed at decarbonising the heating sector in Ireland. “The scheme will soon mandate fossil heating fuel...
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Father and son sentenced for defrauding oil customers
...is shocked,” said David Blevings from the Northern Ireland Oil Federation. All NIOF members have signed up to a customer charter which is supported by the Consumer Council. Customers can...