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IRA fuel smuggling drove oil giants to abandon Ulster

Fuel smuggling by the IRA has contributed to major oil companies pulling out of Northern Ireland it was claimed. Esso, BP and Shell no longer directly own filling stations in Ulster where fuel smuggling and illegal selling of treated diesel is rife. The tax differential makes a litre of unleaded petrol around 72p compared with 90p in Northern Ireland. Diesel is also around 72p per litre against 96p in Ulster. The trade is estimated to be worth £130 million a year and illegal petrol and diesel is thought to account for 50 per cent of road fuel used in the province.
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