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topic-bj-brand-history-and-supplier
reference
business
Background context for Boucher & Jones Fuels as an Ontario fuel distributor: founding in 1960 at Roger Street in Waterloo, the 2002 Boehmers Fuels acquisition, the post-acquisi…
audiences: bj-customer, agriculture, home-heating, fleet-commercial, construction
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reference-canulc-s601-vs-s602-tank-distinction
reference
regulatory-framework
**Confidence: Verified** against CAN/ULC standard scopes and Ontario Fire Code Part 4. The single most-confused yard-tank question: which ULC standard does my tank need to be built…
audiences: bj-staff, agriculture, fleet-commercial, construction, internal-team
topics: tank-services, compliance-tssa, clear-diesel, csa-codes, tank-equipment
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topic-cardlock-fueling-ontario
reference
service-catalog
Cardlock fueling is the 24/7 self-serve channel that fleets and owner-operators use to fill outside business hours. This page absorbs the previously-standalone cards on Petro-Pass …
audiences: agriculture, fleet-commercial, construction
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op-dyed-diesel-eligibility-recordkeeping
operational-concept
service-catalog
Authority: Fuel Tax Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. F.35, esp. ss. 2(7), 2(7.1), 3.9, 4.18, 4.19; R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 464; Ontario Ministry of Finance Tax Bulletin "Coloured Fuel" (ht…
audiences: agriculture, home-heating, fleet-commercial, construction, internal-team
topics: dyed-diesel, ontario-fuel-tax, ag-cash-crop, construction
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op-coloured-fuel-enforcement-reality-ontario
operational-concept
service-catalog
**Verdict: Ontario coloured-fuel enforcement runs as administrative reassessment plus POA tickets, not as criminal prosecution.** The deterrent for a farmer or fleet operator is th…
audiences: agriculture, fleet-commercial, construction, internal-team
topics: dyed-diesel, ontario-fuel-tax
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op-oil-analysis-360-wearcheck
operational-concept
service-catalog
**Confidence: Verified** for PCL/WearCheck programme structure, lab location, and analytical scope; **Estimated** for adoption-pattern observations. PCL's **360 Oil Diagnostics…
audiences: bj-staff, agriculture, fleet-commercial, construction, internal-team
topics: lubricants, ag-cash-crop, ag-livestock, fleet-commercial, petro-canada-affiliation
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op-beef-finishing-propane-load-profile
operational-concept
service-catalog
**Confidence: Estimated** (volumes); **Verified** (fuel-mix structure, BFO operator profiles, OMAFRA fact sheets). Operational reference for propane consumption on Ontario beef fin…
audiences: agriculture, fleet-commercial, internal-team
topics: fuel-delivery-ops, propane, dyed-diesel, ag-livestock
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op-biodegradable-environ-hydraulic
operational-concept
service-catalog
**Confidence: Verified** for ENVIRON product properties, biodegradability classification (OECD 301B), and formal approvals; **Estimated** for cost ratio vs. conventional HYDREX; **…
audiences: bj-staff, agriculture, construction, internal-team
topics: lubricants, ag-cash-crop, ag-livestock, petro-canada-affiliation
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op-lubricant-bulk-pail-economics
operational-concept
service-catalog
**Confidence: Estimated** for per-litre premium ranges and volume thresholds — these are directional industry rules of thumb, not B&J's price book. **Verified** for the reg…
audiences: bj-staff, agriculture, fleet-commercial, construction, internal-team
topics: fuel-delivery-ops, lubricants, pricing, tank-equipment, ag-cash-crop, ag-livestock
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op-cold-weather-hydraulic-hydrex
operational-concept
service-catalog
**Confidence: Verified** for HYDREX product properties (PCL Tech Data sheets); **Verified** for formal Eaton/Denison/Bosch Rexroth approvals on the standard MV line; **Verified — a…
audiences: bj-staff, agriculture, construction, internal-team
topics: lubricants, ag-cash-crop, ag-livestock, petro-canada-affiliation
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op-def-engine-oil-pm-coordination
operational-concept
service-catalog
**Confidence: Verified** for the EPA Federal Register reference and Mansfield consumption figures; **Inferred** for the operational co-scheduling pattern. ## The EPA refill-interva…
audiences: bj-staff, fleet-commercial, internal-team
topics: fuel-delivery-ops, lubricants, def, fleet-commercial
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op-dairy-parlour-propane-load-profile
operational-concept
service-catalog
**Confidence: Verified** (temperature targets, run-out consequences); **Estimated** (consumption ranges). Operational reference for propane consumption on Ontario dairy operations.…
audiences: agriculture, internal-team
topics: fuel-delivery-ops, propane, tank-equipment, keep-full, ag-livestock, ag-dairy
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op-food-grade-purity-fg-dairy
operational-concept
service-catalog
**Confidence: Verified** for PCL PURITY FG product line and NSF H1 registration numbers; **Inferred** for CFIA / proAction framing language; **Estimated** for the typical PURITY-vs…
audiences: bj-staff, agriculture, internal-team
topics: lubricants, ag-livestock, ag-dairy, petro-canada-affiliation
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op-forklift-lubrication-fleet
operational-concept
lubricants-catalog
**Confidence: Verified** for the API-category guidance and OEM service-literature pattern; **Inferred** for the SWO food-distribution geography. ## The category split that gets mis…
audiences: bj-staff, fleet-commercial, internal-team
topics: propane, lubricants, fleet-commercial
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op-ag-greases-precision-line
operational-concept
service-catalog
**Confidence: Verified** for PCL grease thickener types and PRECISION product line; **Estimated** for SWO-specific greasing discipline patterns. ## Thickener types — what each one …
audiences: bj-staff, agriculture, internal-team
topics: lubricants, ag-cash-crop, ag-livestock, ag-dairy, petro-canada-affiliation
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op-propane-price-decomposition-farm-bulk-2026
operational-concept
service-catalog
**Confidence: Mixed** — verified for tax layers and Sarnia spot points (NBEUB-cited); estimated for logistics, last-mile, and dealer margin layers. See the confidence table at the …
audiences: bj-staff, agriculture, fleet-commercial, internal-team
topics: fuel-delivery-ops, propane, pricing, ontario-fuel-tax, federal-excise, carbon-charge, grain-drying
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op-hog-barn-propane-load-profile
operational-concept
service-catalog
**Confidence: Verified** (temperature targets from NFACC); **Estimated** (consumption ranges — published Canadian primary data is thin). Operational reference for propane consumpti…
audiences: agriculture, internal-team
topics: fuel-delivery-ops, propane, safety, tank-equipment, keep-full, ag-livestock
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op-iso-4406-contamination-harvest
operational-concept
service-catalog
**Confidence: Verified** for ISO 4406 methodology and target codes; **Verified** for new-oil-out-of-drum contamination claim (Torontech hydraulic guide); **Estimated** for the in-f…
audiences: bj-staff, agriculture, internal-team
topics: fuel-delivery-ops, lubricants, ag-cash-crop
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op-k-factor-livestock-vs-residential
operational-concept
service-catalog
**Confidence: Inferred** — operational principle; specific algorithm details vary by telemetry vendor. Companion to `op-degree-day-keep-full` (residential-flavoured K-factor). This…
audiences: agriculture, internal-team
topics: fuel-delivery-ops, propane, keep-full, degree-day, ag-livestock
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op-ag-propane-price-benchmark-2026-05
operational-concept
service-catalog
**Confidence: Mixed** — verified Sarnia rack benchmark points (NBEUB-cited, OPIS-sourced); estimated for delivered farm price range. For the full nine-stage decomposition, see `op-…
audiences: agriculture, fleet-commercial, internal-team
topics: propane, pricing, ontario-fuel-tax, carbon-charge, grain-drying
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op-pcl-extended-drain-evidence
operational-concept
service-catalog
**Confidence: Mixed** — verified for the published Jepson trial and PCL footnote language; inferred for OEM operator-manual figures on CNH and AGCO; verified for John Deere Plus-50…
audiences: bj-staff, agriculture, fleet-commercial, internal-team
topics: fuel-delivery-ops, lubricants, ag-cash-crop, ag-livestock, petro-canada-affiliation
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op-poultry-barn-propane-load-profile
operational-concept
service-catalog
**Confidence: Estimated.** Canadian primary source for annual house-level consumption does not exist at this granularity — Teagasc Ireland and Mississippi State Extension are flagg…
audiences: agriculture, internal-team
topics: fuel-delivery-ops, propane, tank-equipment, keep-full, ag-livestock
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op-livestock-runout-tolerance-by-sector
operational-concept
service-catalog
**Confidence: Estimated** — windows are field-experience-based, not published. Canonical reference table for *"why livestock can't tolerate run-out"* content across p…
audiences: agriculture, internal-team
topics: fuel-delivery-ops, propane, keep-full, ag-livestock, ag-dairy
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op-swo-ag-lubrication-calendar
operational-concept
service-catalog
**Confidence: Verified** for SWO seasonal pattern; **Inferred** for week-by-week consumption profiles (directional, not from B&J customer data). Lubricant demand on a SWO farm …
audiences: bj-staff, agriculture, internal-team
topics: fuel-delivery-ops, lubricants, ag-cash-crop, ag-livestock, ag-dairy
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op-sarnia-propane-fractionator-hub
operational-concept
service-catalog
**Confidence: Verified.** The **Plains Midstream Canada Sarnia NGL fractionator** is the principal Eastern Canadian propane source — and, with the **Pembina salt-cavern storage com…
audiences: agriculture, home-heating, fleet-commercial, construction, internal-team
topics: fuel-delivery-ops, propane
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op-standby-genset-lubrication-low-hours
operational-concept
lubricants-catalog
**Confidence: Verified** for PCL handbook guidance on standby genset annual change; **Verified** for NOAT/HOAT/OAT coolant chemistry incompatibility (Chevron Lubricants reference);…
audiences: bj-staff, fleet-commercial, construction, internal-team
topics: lubricants, fleet-commercial, petro-canada-affiliation
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op-traxon-heavy-truck-drivetrain-fluids
operational-concept
lubricants-catalog
**Confidence: Verified** against PCL Digital Handbook (petrocanadalubricants.com/en-ca/lube-source-handbook) and per-product brand pages, captured May 2026. The heavy-truck counter…
audiences: bj-staff, fleet-commercial, internal-team
topics: lubricants, fleet-commercial, petro-canada-affiliation
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op-livestock-telemetry-keep-full-considerations
operational-concept
service-catalog
**Confidence: Verified** (telemetry vendors); **Inferred** (operational best practices around scheduling). Companion to `service-tank-monitoring-telemetry` and `service-keep-full-a…
audiences: agriculture, internal-team
topics: fuel-delivery-ops, propane, keep-full, ag-livestock, ag-dairy
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op-utto-stou-tractor-fluids
operational-concept
service-catalog
**Confidence: Verified** for PCL DURATRAN OEM approvals language; **Verified** for the M-1145 formal approval; **Verify with PCL technical rep [VPCL]** before publishing any DURATR…
audiences: bj-staff, agriculture, internal-team
topics: lubricants, ag-cash-crop, ag-livestock, petro-canada-affiliation
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op-used-oil-management-ams-ontario
operational-concept
regulatory-framework
**Confidence: Verified** for the AMS programme structure, scope, and statutory basis (usedoilrecycling.com and AMS published materials). ## The regulatory framework Ontario's u…
audiences: bj-staff, agriculture, fleet-commercial, construction, internal-team
topics: fuel-delivery-ops, lubricants, compliance-tssa, ag-cash-crop, ag-livestock
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topic-construction-site-fueling-swo
reference
service-catalog
Construction sites in southwestern Ontario use a mix of fuel cubes (rented), on-site wheel-to-wheel refueling, and coloured (dyed) off-road diesel where eligibility holds. This pag…
audiences: agriculture, fleet-commercial, construction
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op-custom-operator-coloured-fuel-eligibility
operational-concept
service-catalog
**Verdict: no primary Ontario authority found. Recommend striking the claim from any customer-facing page.** A direct search of (a) the Fuel Tax Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. F.35; (b) R.R.…
audiences: agriculture, internal-team
topics: dyed-diesel, ontario-fuel-tax, ag-cash-crop
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reference-duron-fleet-oem-approval-matrix-2026
reference
lubricants-catalog
**Confidence: Verified** against petrocanadalubricants.com brand pages, captured May 2026. Every cell is dated — re-pull the live PCL OEM Approvals chart before any specific warran…
audiences: bj-staff, fleet-commercial, internal-team
topics: lubricants, fleet-commercial, petro-canada-affiliation
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topic-davis-mccauley-brand-and-territory
reference
business
Davis & McCauley Fuels of London is now part of Boucher & Jones. This page absorbs the standalone brand-acquisition card verbatim and is the citation root for the Davis &am…
audiences: bj-customer, home-heating, fleet-commercial, construction
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topic-diesel-fuel-ontario-tax-compliance
reference
regulatory-framework
Diesel fuel in Ontario sits inside a stacked regulatory frame: federal sulphur and cleaner-fuels rules govern what can be sold; Ontario's Fuel Tax Act and its regulations gover…
audiences: agriculture, home-heating, fleet-commercial, construction
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op-spill-reporting-on-farm
operational-concept
service-catalog
**Verdict: there is no published "litres of diesel" numeric trigger below which a farm spill is non-reportable. Reportability is functional, not volumetric.** A diesel sp…
audiences: agriculture, internal-team
topics: dyed-diesel, tank-equipment
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op-farm-plated-coloured-fuel-rule
operational-concept
service-catalog
**Verdict: prohibited.** Under Ontario law a farm-plated truck — a truck registered under the Highway Traffic Act with reduced-fee farm plates issued pursuant to R.R.O. 1990, Reg. …
audiences: agriculture, internal-team
topics: dyed-diesel, ontario-fuel-tax, ag-cash-crop
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topic-fleet-on-site-refuelling
reference
service-catalog
On-site fleet refuelling is the commercial-operator pattern where the fuel truck comes to the yard or job site. This page absorbs the previously-standalone cards on standby and pri…
audiences: agriculture, fleet-commercial
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topic-fuel-storage-tanks-and-tssa-compliance-ontario
reference
regulatory-framework
This page collects the durable Ontario regulatory reference for above-ground and below-ground fuel-storage tanks: the CSA installation codes (B139, B149.1, B149.2), the Ontario reg…
audiences: agriculture, home-heating, fleet-commercial, construction
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topic-fuels-southwestern-ontario-agriculture
reference
service-catalog
Cross-sector context for fuel and fuel-service use on the southwestern Ontario farm: cash-crop scale, dairy and livestock operating realities, grain-drying efficiency and emergency…
audiences: agriculture, home-heating, fleet-commercial, construction
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topic-greenhouse-fuel-use-ontario
reference
service-catalog
Ontario operates the largest greenhouse footprint in Canada. This page collects the fuel-use context: industry-scale data, fuel-economics comparisons (propane vs. natural gas vs. b…
audiences: agriculture
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topic-home-heating-southwestern-ontario
reference
service-catalog
This page is the durable reference for residential heating-fuel supply in southwestern Ontario: propane and furnace-oil delivery, the codes that govern them, the service patterns c…
audiences: bj-customer, agriculture, home-heating, fleet-commercial, construction
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op-on-farm-bulk-diesel-storage-compliance
operational-concept
service-catalog
**Verdict: aboveground farm diesel tanks are not TSSA-registered, but a stack of installation, code, and Fire Code requirements applies.** Many farmers ask whether their bulk colou…
audiences: agriculture, internal-team
topics: dyed-diesel, tssa, csa-codes, tank-equipment
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op-clear-diesel-price-decomposition
operational-concept
service-catalog
The Ontario on-road clear-diesel pump price decomposes into **six layers**, of which four are fixed statutory rates and two are market-determined. | # | Layer | Rate | Authority | …
audiences: bj-staff, bj-customer, fleet-commercial, internal-team
topics: pricing, clear-diesel, ontario-fuel-tax, federal-excise, carbon-charge
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topic-propane-grain-drying-swo
reference
service-catalog
Grain drying in southwestern Ontario is the single largest agricultural propane use-case by tonnage and the most concentrated by season. This page collects the operating context — …
audiences: agriculture, home-heating, fleet-commercial, construction
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reference-municipal-energy-retrofit-programs-bj-counties-2026
reference
business
**Confidence: Verified** for current program status of Guelph Greener Homes, BetterHomes London, and absence of programs in the remaining counties. **Uncertain** for RetrofitWR and…
audiences: kevin, michael, bj-staff, home-heating, internal-team
topics: campaigns, oil-to-propane-conversion, home-heating
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reference-named-sw-ontario-livestock-operators-2026
reference
service-catalog
**Confidence: Verified** — quoted in the cited publications. **Note:** operators have not been re-contacted for this document; quotes reproduced verbatim from the cited publication…
audiences: agriculture, internal-team
topics: propane, seo-content, ag-livestock, ag-dairy
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reference-oem-spec-crosswalk-pcl-ag
reference
lubricants-catalog
**Confidence: Mixed** — most cells verified against PCL public documentation as of May 2026. Every cell marked **[VPCL]** must be confirmed with the PCL technical rep before being …
audiences: bj-staff, agriculture, internal-team
topics: lubricants, ag-cash-crop, ag-livestock, petro-canada-affiliation
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reference-ontario-beef-finishing-snapshot-2026
reference
service-catalog
**Confidence: Verified.** Sector reference for Ontario beef finishing as of May 2026. Anchors operational and cross-sell decisions across the beef customer base — beef is the small…
audiences: agriculture, internal-team
topics: propane, customer-segments, dyed-diesel, ag-livestock
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reference-ontario-dairy-industry-snapshot-2026
reference
service-catalog
**Confidence: Verified** (DFO / StatCan / DCC sourced); **Estimated** for current-year county FCR figures. Sector reference for Ontario dairy as of May 2026. Anchors operational an…
audiences: agriculture, internal-team
topics: propane, customer-segments, ag-livestock, ag-dairy