PERC Focusing on Growing Off-Season Sales

At its meeting in Atlanta on March 28, the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) approved projects to help grow off-season sales by advancing new propane technology and strategically market propane to consumers and builders. The action came as a response by PERC to the downturn in the U.S. economy and to high propane prices...

DOT Extending Tank Moving Permit Into 2010

In early April, the National Propane Gas Association (NPGA) confirmed that the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has extended SP-13341, a special permit that allows for the transportation of consumer tanks filled with more than than 5% propane, through March 31, 2010...

Milford Therrell, Father of PERC, Passes

Propane industry legend, Milford Therrell, has passed away April 3 at the age of 76. After serving in the Navy, he joined Squibb-Taylor Inc. (Dallas) as a salesman based in Memphis, Tenn...

Waterborne Imports Mixed in January, Exports Slipped

A jump in propane imports in January was not enough to offset a drop in butane imports, which resulted in a 7.3% decline in overall waterborne NGL imports compared to January 2007, according to Commercial Services’ “Waterborne LPG” report. For January, waterborne imports totaled 3,150,862 bbl, which was higher than December’s 2,703,717 bbl, but down from the previous January’s 3,400,155 bbl...

NPGA Selling 2006 API Report

Last week the National Propane Gas Association (NPGA) said that it is has a limited number of hardbound copies of the “2006 Sales of Natural Gas Liquids and Liquefied Refinery Gases” available to members. The report provides the results of an annual survey sponsored by NPGA, the American Petroleum Institute (API), the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC), and the Gas Processors Association (GPA)...

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