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WP Group confirm acquisition of Upton Oil Company

Steven Reeve, driver (l) and Russell Fairchild, operations director of WP Group WP Group has announced the acquisition of local fuel distributor Upton Oil Company. ...

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Greenergy purchases terminal assets in Teesside

Andrew Owens, chairman of Greenergy Greenergy has announced the purchase of assets at the former Petroplus facility in Teesside from the joint administrators of Petroplus ...

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DCC acquisition provisionally cleared

DCC Energy UK’s acquisition of several heating and transport fuel distribution businesses, including Butler Fuels, has been provisionally cleared by the Competition Commission (CC). ...

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One to watch – Keyfuels invests

  Keyfuels has appointed Laura Balmforth as its new marketing executive. Laura will be working closely with the company’s management and sales teams to help develop strategies for ongoing business...

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Oil trader expands into physical assets

The world’s largest oil trader, Vitol has teamed up with Marcel Van Poecke, co-founder of Petroplus, to buy the Cressier refinery in Switzerland. Petroplus ...

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Total Butler acquisition under scrutiny

Concerned that the merger of Total Butler and GB Oils would remove a key competitor to GB Oils; the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) referred ...

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Kan’to installation puts Finol in control

Kan’to Instruments has recently completed a major installation for Finol Oil, one of the leading lubricant suppliers in Ireland Dimitri Papaioannou, managing director of ...

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Dunraven’s Apollo Smart gets smarter

Free software updates have been introduced for Dunraven’s Apollo Smart heating oil energy monitor. “There’s nothing worse than buying technology today, only to ...

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Tasca acquisition fuels further growth

Wakefield-based tanker manufacturer, Tasca Tankers is on track for further expansion after acquiring the business and assets of Maidment Tankers. “It was with regret that ...

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IFC Inflow – 25th anniversary

IFC Inflow celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Founded in 1987 as Industrial Flow Control Ltd, primarily to sell tanker loading and process metering equipment, the ...

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Emco Wheaton – Konnect loading arms

Konnect, a new range of value for money loading arms, developed to handle the safe transfer of petroleum products to and from road and rail ...

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Alpeco – Intake Cabinet

Alpeco has launched its latest range of MF400 and MF800 truck metering systems. The new multifunctional two and three inch systems see the original DMX ...

Interview

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, ...

Interview

Thompson Fuels – providing service with a smile

With a company slogan, “more smiles per gallon”, Northern Ireland based Thompson Fuels has established a reputation as a happy and helpful team, willing to ...

Interview

Doherty Oils – fail to plan, plan to fail

Last winter’s weather conditions throughout the island of Ireland were unprecedented with sudden and long-lasting frozen spells – accompanied by thick snow and treacherous road ...