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Whitegate to avoid closure?
Greg Garland, chief executive of Phillips 66, has revealed that a number potential buyers have expressed interest in acquiring Ireland’s only refinery, possibly saving it from closure. “We do have...
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Opinion
Ken’s Corner – Bittersweet
In November 2024, I titled Ken’s Corner Managed Transition?, following announcements about the proposed closure of the Grangemouth Refinery and the Dalston terminal. I urged the Government to manage the...
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Essar – working with the community
(l-r) Sally Darlington, health and safety advisor at Essar Stanlow with John Wilson of the Liverpool Seafarers Centre and Mark Thompson, Essar’s marine manager at Stanlow Essar’s Stanlow refinery recently...
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Another energy giant expands interest in biofuels
...the world. ExxonMobil’s majority-owned affiliate, Imperial Oil Ltd., is moving forward with plans to produce renewable diesel at a new complex at its Strathcona refinery, and ExxonMobil expanded its agreement to annually purchase up...
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Spotlight on Celtic Renewables as Project Willow champions ABE biorefining
...funded by the UK and Scottish governments following the decision by Petroineos’ to decommission its oil refinery in Grangemouth. The £1.5m report outlines a long-term vision to establish Scotland’s industrial...
Opinion
UKIFDA encourages homeowners to start biofuel transition
...adds Guy Pulham. Exercising efficiency “If consumers want to change their existing oil boiler for a new oil boiler they can still do so. We recommend switching to a condensing...
Insight
Association stats show steady progress towards net zero
...tolerance compared to those in America and Asia. Unlike crude, Russian oil products -especially diesel and gas oils – were replaced from a large mix of countries, notably India, Kuwait,...
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Aramex UK opens new Aberdeen facility
...Oil Capital of Europe, Aramex UK has strategically chosen Aberdeen as its hub to open a brand-new warehousing facility which will serve new and existing oil and gas customers situated...
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Open to debate in Ireland
l-r From Corrib Oil in Co Galway – Tom Connolly, Gerry Mullen, Matt Stratford, Eamonn Dalton, with Neil Stewart, Stewart Oils, Co Roscommon 70% of distributors who completed the feedback...
Interview
ROM1 – a step in the right direction
In a bid to reduce illegal oil trading, the Revenue Commissioners introduced monthly Return of Oil Movements (ROM1) reports into the Republic of Ireland last year. Feeling weighed down by...
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Investors welcome Shell net zero emissions plan
...and other oil majors to bolster their emissions reductions strategies. Earlier this year BP similarly unveiled wide-ranging net zero ambitions, while several top oil firms have acquired leading clean tech...
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Family driven
...be a bad reflection on both the business and the acquisition itself.” Now rebranded as Countrywide Oils – part of the family driven solution/part of the Ford Fuels Oils Group...
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INEOS to buy DONG Energy’s oil & gas business
...barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2016 and with around 570 million boe of commercial and potential oil & gas reserves across the Danish, Norwegian and UK continental shelves....
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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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Oil Terminal 2019 – Tank farms and oil terminals: operation, modernisation, development
...brings together 350+ delegates from oil and gas trading, storage, and shipping businesses representing refineries, oil terminals, and ports from 25 countries including Russia, the CIS, the Americas, Europe, and...
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The young people behind the UK’s downstream sector
A group of young oil industry ambassadors met with the All Party Parliamentary Group on the UK Oil Refining Sector to discuss the future of the industry In partnership with UKPIA, the All Party Parliamentary...
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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...
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Isuzu first for Darch Oil
The new Isuzu vehicle at Darch Oil – supplier of fuels, heating oil and lubricants to customers in Somerset, Dorset, East Devon, South Wiltshire and West Hampshire Independent family-run Darch Oil has...