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Multiple arrests in HMRC fuel fraud raids

...of an ongoing HMRC investigation into a suspected VAT and excise fraud worth an estimated £300,000. HMRC officers, accompanied by the Police Service of Northern Ireland, searched a private address...
A case study: the benefits of tank telemetry implementation An interview with Alan Keyes, Glen Fuels

Case Study

The benefits of tank telemetry implementation

...and Miriam. Dad was a sales manager at that time in Irish Shell. An opening appeared in the Wicklow and North Wexford areas to become an Irish Shell distributor, so...

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Stanlow secures government backing

...which will attract £750 million in total investment and support a hydrogen economy across North West England and North Wales. HyNet’s hydrogen and carbon capture and storage (CCS) chain represents...

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Rationalisation in Irish oil distribution

David Blevings of the Northern Ireland Oil Federation Rationalisation of the Northern Ireland (NI) oil distribution sector has stepped up a gear. Several businesses have been acquired by former competitors...

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Products and markets

The majority of Petroineos’ customers are based in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Northern England.  BP, Grangemouth’s former owner, remains its biggest customer  Particularly strong in middle distillates, the refinery’s product...

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Morrow Fuels – goes the extra mile

Next year, the Morrow family celebrates 100 years of oil retailing in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. And throughout the decades, the business, which eventually became Morrow Fuels, has proudly guarded its...

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Oil users – fuel price winners once again!

...also seen an increase in costs, whereas in Northern and Southern Ireland prices have remained static. The natural gas price has remained static except in Northern Ireland where it has...

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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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A UK hydrogen first for Stanlow

...led by the HyNet consortium in the North West. The first sees Essar Oil UK as owner and operator of the UK’s leading low carbon hydrogen project with the company...

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ROM1 – a step in the right direction

...north of the border.”   Time to improve RDCO Despite the RDCO system having been in place in Northern Ireland since 2003, the trade is still running at close to...

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Oil v gas

...is due to start in 2015, north and north west towns under consideration include Dungannon, Cookstown, Magherafelt, Coalisland, Omagh, Enniskillen/Derrylin and Strabane. Hillsborough, Ballynahinch, Downpatrick, Saintfield and Crossgar are being...

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Cold calling

...were coping. Well seasoned Working in and around the Cape Cod area of Massachusetts, Loud Fuel’s managing director, Kabraul Tasha said that the company was finding it tough: “Cold weather...

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Another first for INEOS

...delivering this historic project,” added David. In a £110 million investment project, INEOS now has two state of the art vessels to support its North Sea operations. “As natural gas...

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Maersk Training UK launches upgraded training centre  

...safety offerings to the North Sea workforce. The installation of new technology will allow the centre to deliver training courses specifically for the renewables industry and enhances its service offering...