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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...
Interview
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...
Insight
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...
Interview
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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ULEMCo closes funding round for hydrogen transport technologies
...Investment Fund, which has now closed. The new Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II was launched in March 2024 and is now open for applications. The Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund project...
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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...
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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...
Interview
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...
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...
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Joint venture creates new company for commercial scale hydrogen production across UK and Ireland
...low carbon hydrogen. Jo Bamford (pictured), the owner of HydraB, bought Northern Ireland bus manufacturer Wrightbus through the Bamford Bus Company Limited. He has won contracts and supplied the world’s...
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The £50 Energy Savings challenge
David Blevings, Ireland manager of OFTEC As Northern Ireland’s energy companies joined together to celebrate Energy Aware Week last week, OFTEC issued an “energy savings challenge” to householders that could...
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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...
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Have you entered your tanker for the Fuel Oil News 2016 tanker of the year title?
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