Fuel Oil News

Women in Energy presented its first annual Woman of the Year Award to Marjorie Feinman for outstanding contributions to the industry. “Marjorie is an asset to our organization and our industry,” says Judy Garber, executive director of Women in Energy. “We are thrilled to honor her as the very first recipient of our Woman of the Year Award.” Feinman’s career ...

More than 100 hazmat technicians from fire departments throughout New Hampshire attended emergency response training provided by the Propane Gas Association of New England. With a grant from the state’s Department of Safety, and working in conjunction with the New Hampshire Fire Academy, PGANE offered a full day’s training—live propane demonstrations including leak mitigation and assessment of bobtail and tractor-trailer ...

Over a period of about six weeks this spring, Van Etten Oil & Propane built a 60,000-gallon propane storage system on its property in Monticello, N.Y. Here are some other facts about the project: -Two 30,000-gallon propane tanks, made of half-inch thick steel, each weighing 80,000 pounds when empty -The facility has one loading stanchion, and is piped for a ...

What a seller takes home after the sale is more important than the price the company sells for, writes columnist Steven Abbate: After years of hearing that companies can’t be valued by the gallon, owners are beginning to grasp the idea that companies are valued based on return on investment, usually in the form of a multiple of EBITDA (Earnings ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of grant funding to modernize the nation’s diesel fleet by retrofitting or replacing vehicles with cleaner, more efficient diesel engines. EPA anticipates awarding approximately $40 million in Diesel Emission Reduction Program (DERA) grant funding to eligible applicants, subject to the availability of funds. “These grants will incentivize improvements to aging diesel ...

The Knowledge Exchange, a mentoring program run by the NPGA Women in Propane Council, is entering its third year. Mentors are industry veterans who volunteer their time. “They’re basically donating their time to help with the development of fellow employees within the industry,” Jennifer Jackson, a vice president for Thompson Gas in Boonsboro, Md., said. Jackson is the project manager ...

Back in the day, before hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” and the Shale Gas and Oil Revolution, the U.S. imported a lot of crude oil from Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries, as well as North African nations and Venezuela. In those days that weren’t really very long ago, U.S. oil production was down to about five million barrels per ...

Paraco Corp. opened a propane tank refurbishment center in Waterbury, Connecticut. The center is equipped to refurbish cylinders used in barbecue grills and residential tanks. Filling is done at the site by trained employees. The center offers employment for a number of Waterbury residents, enables production of over 1.3 million units annually, and allows Paraco to maintain control over its ...

Renewable Energy Group, Inc. launched REG Ultra Clean Diesel at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo in Long Beach, California, on May 1. REG Ultra Clean Diesel, a low-emission diesel fuel, is a patent-pending fuel made of a proprietary blend of renewable diesel and biodiesel, the company said, adding that the fuel is approved by the California Air Resources Board ...

Energy Distribution Partners (EDP), Chicago, Illinois, acquired a privately-owned propane marketer that operates in four counties in the greater Seattle area under the names Kitsap Propane and Jefferson Propane. EDP said the companies, acquired from Larry Brooke and his wife Leah Henry, provide propane and propane equipment to residential and commercial customers in Kitsap, Jefferson, Mason and Clallam Counties. The ...