Crestwood Buys Turner Gas’s Wholesale Propane Division

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (January 6, 2017) Crestwood Services, the supply and logistics unit of Crestwood Equity Partners LP (Kansas City, Mo.), has purchased the wholesale propane division of Turner Gas Co. of Salt Lake City, Utah. Details of the transaction were not released. Through the agreement, Crestwood has acquired three propane rail terminals in Nevada and Wyoming. All Turner Gas transport drivers have joined Crestwood, as have marketing and distribution team members Lisa Jennings and Mindy Ries.

“We are very pleased to announce the acquisition of Turner Gas’s wholesale propane division,” said Vance Harrington, vice president of facilities and transportation of Crestwood’s liquids and crude business. “Over its 77 years in business the company built a solid reputation and loyal following, and we look forward to serving Turner Gas Co.’s customers going forward. The addition of Turner Gas’s product and service offerings enhances Crestwood’s capabilities in the western half of the U.S., and we welcome the team members from Turner Gas who have joined our Crestwood family.”

Turner Gas was founded in 1939 by Ivan and George Turner, with the assistance of their father, Roy Turner. Roy Turner’s experience in sales and management for Associated Oil in the 1920s led Ivan and George to pursue owning their own company, which they founded in Bishop, Calif. and where they served the community for more than 50 years. The company’s wholesale propane division has marketed and transported propane and other natural gas liquids throughout the western and central U.S. to and from refiners, gas processors, proprietary terminals, fractionators, large retailers, and other end users.

Family-owned Turner Gas has grown to own, operate, and aggregate a diversified portfolio of midstream and energy logistics assets, becoming a leading independent provider of transportation, marketing, storage, and transloading services for NGLs, LPG, crude oil, chemicals, and other bulk products through its truck fleet and rail terminal infrastructure. In 1996, Turner sold its retail locations in California and Nevada in order to focus on its wholesale propane and other divisions.