Opinion
Ken’s Corner – Who will win the race?
...officials from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. In Ireland, we met with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) at Grant Engineering. In Northern Ireland, we held...
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Irish oil group launches annual fundraiser
...underway at selected service stations across Northern Ireland. The initiative aims to raise £20,000 for Northern Ireland’s depression charity Aware and encourage good conversations about mental health Between now and...
News
Further support for HVO in Northern Ireland
With over 500,000 homes currently using heating oil in Northern Ireland, a new video has been released to communicate how straightforward it could be to dramatically cut CO2 emissions through...
Opinion
Ken’s Corner: Strong and Stable
...collation in Scotland, the Labour Party winning a landslide majority in Westminster, the resumption of the Northern Ireland Executive, a change in the First Minister in Wales, and the two...
Interview
Negotiating the swings and roundabouts of fuel distribution
...sector in Northern Ireland does still enjoy a dominant market share at around 68%; but this is continually under threat from alternative fuel sources. The volatile nature of global oil...
News
LCM Group launches with acquisition of PIS (Ireland)
...establishes a new geographical base and increases the Groups’ offering in both the UK and Ireland. A fuel management and forecourt installation market leader, PIS (Ireland) will benefit from LCM’s...
News
Success in tough times in Ireland
...Northern Ireland In Northern Ireland, the industry is benefitting from the boiler scrappage scheme announced recently. The looming arrival of new fuel storage regulations at commercial, industrial and institutional premises,...
Insight
Ireland’s downstream oil infrastructure
...oil market as a whole is serviced from 12 mainline distribution terminals, four of which are located in Northern Ireland and eight in the Republic, all are sea fed. Future...
News
Fuel for thought…
...solar) can of course complement existing oil heating installations. And in Northern Ireland, The Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 continues to drive tank the market forward,...
Interview
Taking action in Ireland
...Distributor Debate in Northern Ireland, writes Irish correspondent, Aine Faherty Distributors from north and south of Ireland attended the event in Templepatrick, where much emphasis was placed on the promotion...
Interview
ROM1 – a step in the right direction
...the achievement of its goal to reduce illicit trading. Now Northern Ireland is also looking at ROM1 with a view to changing its existing RDCO system. ROM1 – sales of...
News
Valero strengthens supply in Northern Ireland market
...have equity storage in Belfast, a platform from which the company can strengthen its supply position in Northern Ireland. “It was a natural step for us to buy DCC’s terminal,”...
Analysis
A deep dive into fuel distribution industry data
...character of these homes, their energy efficiency tends to be significantly lower than the Scottish and UK averages. Our customers Northern Ireland The data shown comes from census 2021 which...
Opinion
Industry alliance leads the way toward zero carbon heating for Ireland
...Ireland, explains how an industry group, The Alliance for Zero Carbon Heating (TAZCH) is influencing government policy on the decarbonisation of the home heating sector in Ireland. While climate-related issues...
Interview
An interview with Ken Cronin, CEO UKIFDA
...campaign – reaching 100,000 website visitors in the first full year has been a great achievement. Our main relationship in Ireland is with Fuels for Ireland, which has taken a...
Analysis
Review of the UK & Ireland fuel tanker market 2024
The fuel tanker manufacturing market in the UK and Ireland has experienced a dynamic year in 2024, with various challenges, improvements, and industry developments shaping the landscape. We gathered insights...
News
DfE sets up renewable biofuels stakeholder group
With much higher levels of oil use for heating in Northern Ireland, OFTEC believes that sustainable biofuels like HVO can play an important role in decarbonisation and has had the...
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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...