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DCC Oil Ireland rebrands to Certa Ireland
DCC Oil Ireland has announced a rebrand to Certa Ireland with all its consumer-facing brands adopting the new Certa brand. The company has grown through acquisition over the past three...
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HVO boost as biofuel boiler wins best renewable energy product
Grant’s HVO biofuel compatible Grant Vortex condensing boiler has been awarded ‘Best Renewable Energy Product’ at the SEAI Energy Show 2022. The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) awards recognise...
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Northern Ireland council embraces HVO in project to reduce carbon emissions by 87%
Last year, in September 2022, The Alliance for Zero Carbon Heating (TAZCH) met in the offices of Longford Council, Northern Ireland with Paddy Diffley, the buildings and facilities manager of...
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First HVO boiler on new build site in Northern Ireland
With support rapidly growing for the use of renewable liquid fuels in the decarbonisation of home heating, another ‘first’ has recently been achieved. A new build property in Northern Ireland...
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TOTY 2022 Runner Up: Nicholl Oils – proud to be seen in red and green
...of Northern Ireland keeping customers supplied with the broad range of products offered by Nicholl Oils who, over the last 60 years, has grown to become Northern Ireland’s largest independent...
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Certa Ireland transitions entire fuel distribution fleet from diesel to HVO
...across Ireland and began supplying HVO to a range of sectors in Ireland, from 2022, as a sustainable alternative fuel to regular diesel. Mandated HVO use Since the beginning of...
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Sold – Esso Ireland’s fuels business
...innovative Irish business and a major Irish employer.” The deal will see Esso Ireland and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Ireland ROC and Esso Ireland Manufacturing Company acquired by Topaz. The...
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The Phillips 66 Interview
...bids. We are continuing to operate the Ireland business as usual throughout the marketing process. Phillips 66 is ‘one of Ireland’s largest suppliers of inland fuels’, if the refinery...
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Topaz – keeping Ireland moving
...and trusted fuel brands in Ireland, says the company’s marketing director Paul Candon. Topaz keeps Ireland moving, we like to say,” says Paul of the business that is 100% Irish...
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No easy decisions at Whitegate
...collaboration with Northern Ireland, the government should develop a set of contingency measures to ensure that risks to oil supplies at any one node in the oil supply system can...
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The ‘Oil is cheaper’ campaign
...message to consumers reminding them that ‘oil is cheaper’ than all the alternatives in Northern Ireland. The advertisement, which appeared within the home heat supplement in the Belfast Telegraph on...
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Oil clubs, drums, kero pumps and NIOF distributors
“We have to be careful that consumers are given the correct information,” said David Blevings, spokesman for the Northern Ireland Oil Federation (NIOF), in response to the launch of the...
Interview
Oil v gas
With heating oil consumption already in decline in Northern Ireland, plans to extend the gas network are not a welcome development to distributors already under pressure reports Irish correspondent, Aine...
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Helping with Ireland’s energy transition
Speaking about its submission to the Republic of Ireland’s National Energy and Climate Change Plan (NECP) 2021-2030, FPS Irish representative Nick Hayes said: “Whilst the government’s plan is ultimately good news...
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Preparing for oil off Ireland
...Ireland having thousands of people directly and indirectly involved in oil exploration, the consensus is that an oil find is required soon. Speaking at a panel discussion about how Ireland...
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Unprecedented demand creates temporary oil shortage in Ireland
The recent extreme weather has caused a massive surge in demand for home heating oil in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, creating temporary shortages with distributors forced...
Opinion
Ken’s Corner: I had to make sure I kept an eye on the real world
...look like. These meetings add to the many UKIFDA has attended in the previous two months across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, meeting representatives of all the main political...
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Oil boilers – big uptake in Northern Ireland
...OFTEC. Figures from the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, which is managing the grant scheme on behalf of the Department of Social Development, show that 3,600 new boilers have been fitted...