JMC
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Many of the Oil companies now use a 3rd party (eg.'Hoyer') to deliver their fuel. These companies have liveried trailers according to who's fuel they are delivering. However, sometimes they pick the wrong trailer, sometimes they pick a plain white one (like an unmarked police car), and sometimes they deliver to more than one site with the same trailer. 
There are usually six or seven individual compartments in a tanker (with capacities of 5k-7.5k litres each). It is feasible that they can 'split load' to deliver Shell fuel in half the tanker, and Tesco Fuel in the other half. This is more usual with rural sites which cannot accept a full load.
I have seen a Hoyer Tractor unit towing a Shell Trailer and delivering to an Esso garage  However, the fuel being delivered should still be the correct formula according to the site of delivery.
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 17th Oct 2006 11:23 am |
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Baldrick
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I would expect the companies over here to follow the same procedure. Many thanks for the info. Very helpful. Now all I have to do is find the spec of the tesco fuel as its only down the road and is a couple od cent cheaper. As of this morning its selling Diesel for approx 99c/ltr (£.66)........ 2007 MY Irish spec S+ TDV6
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| 17th Oct 2006 11:51 am |
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Baldrick
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After further researh I've now discovered there are a number of Tesco stations throughout ireland. Can't find a fuel spec though. Anyone know? 2007 MY Irish spec S+ TDV6
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| 17th Oct 2006 12:25 pm |
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Winger
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I would suggest that the Statoil tanker you saw very likely had Statoil diesel in it - of Norwegian origin, too. Statoil (in the process of being sold to Topaz) imports fuel into Dublin, Cork and Galway.
However, as JMC said, that is not always the case. As you saw this so recently, I can be somewhat confident in my remark above. 
In the UK, branded fuel is delivered by the company concerned or a sub-contracto, and you will get BP fuel only at a BP station, for example; supermarkets have their own distribution systems, but you'd never know (unless you actually followed the tanker from the depot) where their fuel was coming from - though they have contracts with refiners.
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| 17th Oct 2006 12:51 pm |
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bkehoe
Member Since: 25 Feb 2006
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In Ireland, pretty much everyone has the same Diesel. It's an old rumour that Ireland gets the 'cheap/leftover' diesel among the trade.
My family are involved in oil transport for one of the fairly popular oil companies in Ireland and they could be getting diesel anywhere - wherever has it basically. All the companies tend to sell to the others when they have it, buy from the others when they don't, etc. E.g. our lorries could be going to Emo, Esso, Shell, Texaco, etc depots for oil/diesel/petrol/etc.
Statoil are possibly 'independent' as well as possibly Estuary Oil.
I dont think there is any such thing as premium diesel in Ireland.
I've got Diesel from Tesco New Ross and noticed no difference, same MPG, everything. I've always managed to avoid getting diesel in the North/UK so far, so can't comment on any differences between Irish/UK diesel in a D3.
Brendan. IE - 05 D3 TDV6 HSE - Zambezi Silver
SA - 07 VW Golf TDI - White - Sold!
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| 17th Oct 2006 1:06 pm |
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Baldrick
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Thanks Brendan. I've been putting Tesco Diesel in my 200tdi Defender and have never had any probs or noticed any difference in performance. I just wanted to ensure it would be OK to put i nmy Disco which I will hopefully have in 2 weeks......it has already been in transit for 1, but apparently this is normal for land rover ireland  2007 MY Irish spec S+ TDV6
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| 17th Oct 2006 2:29 pm |
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DSL
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I started running the car on Esso but switched to Tesco when they were doing 5p per ltr off vouchers. Have not noticed any whange in performance, feel or mpg. Now just fill up from Tesco.
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| 17th Oct 2006 3:29 pm |
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catweasel
Member Since: 05 May 2006
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DSL wrote: Have not noticed any whange in performance.
is this some highland code your speaking or is it an early morning drop influencing you
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| 17th Oct 2006 3:37 pm |
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Winger
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I think that's how Carol Thatcher says "range".
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| 17th Oct 2006 3:38 pm |
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10forcash
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He thinks he's Johnathan 'Woss'.... just as well we didnt ask him to give anything a 'ranking' 
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| 17th Oct 2006 3:40 pm |
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DSL
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Hay, at what he gets paid I'll dwop my rse no problem.
Note to self - must read the words or widsom I produce (or is it carp).
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| 17th Oct 2006 3:45 pm |
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DG
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DSL wrote:I'll dwop my rse no problem.
I think you've an 'a' missing there 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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| 17th Oct 2006 3:47 pm |
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JMC
Member Since: 25 Feb 2006
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DSL wrote:must read the words or widsom I produce (or is it carp).
You want an answer to this...... Don't bwing fish into it
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| 17th Oct 2006 3:47 pm |
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DSL
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I was being polite, avoiding  or crap! Mods, it's all their fault, they drove me to it. Now where is the bottle opener!
PS Dyslekia drules!
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| 17th Oct 2006 3:49 pm |
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