Cummins Inc. and Tula Technology, Inc., announced at the Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress in Detroit the results of their collaborative study on the effectiveness of Tula’s diesel Dynamic Skip Fire (dDSF) in reducing nitrogen oxides (NOx) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions on a Cummins X15 HD Efficiency Series diesel engine. Low-load cycle performance was estimated with a well-calibrated ...
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NBB: Biodiesel Study Highlights Fuel’s Ability to Make Health Impacts
The National Biodiesel Board, in partnership with Trinity Consultants, recently launched a new, landmark study sharing the mounting evidence that shows how biodiesel can move the needle on an issue important to all Americans – their health.This research shows that using B100 — or pure biodiesel — can have positive impacts on both the environment and our health. These health ...
Read More »Keyser Retires from ADD Systems; Katsigiannis Named to Lead Customer Support, Hardware Ops
Roger Keyser, vice president of customer support and hardware operations, has retired after nearly 40 years with Advanced Digital Data, a supplier of software solutions to the convenience store and energy distribution industries based in Flanders, N.J. Roger joined ADD Systems in 1982, only nine years after the company’s start. He went from being the only trainer on the road ...
Read More »How Long Does It Take to Sell Your Business in 2021?
As part of celebrating our 15th year in business, we posted 15 articles I had written over the last several years. The number one article opened of the 15 was titled “How Long Does It Take to Sell Your Business.” When I saw this, I was concerned. I wrote that article over seven years ago and the financial and transaction ...
Read More »Introducing ‘Renewable Revolution’
A new column by Tom Tubman of the American Energy Coalition and Sean Cota of the National Energy & Fuels Institute The oil heat industry came together on September 16, 2019 to adopt the Providence Resolution during NEFI’s HEAT Show (Heating & Energizing America Trade Show). It was an easy decision at the time, given the multitude of state legislative ...
Read More »FuelCloud Launches ‘Truck System’ for Bulk Delivery
FuelCloud, Inc. launched FuelCloud Truck System, a fuel delivery system designed to speed and simplify fleet fueling, and make it more affordable for jobbers. Built on cloud-based technology, the FuelCloud Truck System supports accurate fleet fueling without on-truck hardware or manual delivery reconciliation, the company says. The core of the FuelCloud truck system is a software integration of FuelCloud’s transaction ...
Read More »DOJ Recaptures Most of Ransom Paid by Colonial Pipeline
The Department of Justice has found and recaptured the majority of the ransom that Colonial Pipeline paid to the Dark Side Network in the wake of last month’s ransomware attack. Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco issued a statement on June 7 in conjunction with a news conference in Washington, D.C., where she described the department’s efforts, along with other ...
Read More »Flashpoint Issues Analysis of DarkSide, Disruptors of Colonial Pipeline
What Is DarkSide ransomware and where did it come from? Security firm Flashpoint Intelligence posted this blog about the cybercrime gang that the FBI has identified as the bad actor behind disruption of the Colonial Pipeline that brings diesel and other fuels to the Northeast. Read the Flashpoint Intelligence blog here.
Read More »Colonial Pipeline: ‘We have restarted our entire pipeline system.’
Update by Colonial Pipeline: Thursday, May 13, 4:40 p.m. Colonial Pipeline has continued to make substantial progress in safely restarting our pipeline system. We can now report that we have restarted our entire pipeline system and that product delivery has commenced to all markets we serve. Following this restart, it will take several days for the product delivery supply chain to ...
Read More »‘Law & Odor’ and Propane: May 20 Lecture
As part of the ongoing series Virtual Propane Expo, at noon EST on Thursday, May 20, John McCoy, a partner with McCoy Leavitt Laskey, LLC will lecture on Odorant 49 CFR § 173.315 Compressed Gases In Cargo Tanks and Portable Tanks. Included in the lecture will be an explanation of the March 23, 2021, US DOT Pipeline and Hazardous Materials ...
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