NEW YORK (March 26, 2019) — Superior Plus Corp. (“Superior”) (TSX:SPB) has announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire substantially all of the propane distribution assets of Phelps Sungas, Inc. and BMK of Geneva, Inc. (“Phelps”), a leading, independent propane distributor in upstate New York serving residential and commercial customers since 1939. The Acquisition is anticipated to close during the second quarter of 2019, subject to the satisfaction of certain customary commercial conditions. Phelps Sungas is an established independent propane marketer which has operated in the state of New York for 80 years. The Acquisition is anticipated to add approximately 8,600 residential and commercial customers and 8.5 million gallons (32 million litres) of retail propane and distillate sales to Superior’s Energy Distribution operations...

SACRAMENTO, CA (March 21, 2019) – California Clean Air Now, joined by legislative authors Senator Cathleen Galgiani (D-Stockton), Assembly Member Sharon Quirk-Silva (D-Orange County) and Assembly Member Patrick O’Donnell (D-Long Beach) today at the State Capitol, introduced a series of bills designed to ensure California meets its current clean air goals through the use of proven technologies and available clean-air solutions, including: • SB 216 (Galgiani) – Used Truck Exchange Program • AB 1115 (Quirk-Silva) – Fuel Neutral Protections for LCFS • AB 1406 (O’Donnell) – Fuel Neutral Protections for the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (ARFVTP) “Every year California, according to the American Lung Association, consistently ranks as having the worst air pollution in the country, while spending billions of dollars...

U.S. natural gas processing capacity has increased in recent years, and both capacity and throughput show a net increase of about 5% in the Lower 48 states between 2014 and 2017, based in Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates. Growth was largely concentrated in areas of high natural gas production growth, such as the Appalachian Basin in the Northeast, the Permian Basin in West Texas and southeastern New Mexico, and the Haynesville Shale in Texas and Louisiana. State-by-state changes in processing plant capacity and throughput do not correlate perfectly with changes in natural gas production, notes EIA, despite the link between the two. In regions where infrastructure is already well developed, such as along the Gulf Coast, new processing capacity may not be necessary to accommodate...

The continued strong growth of U.S. shale oil will soften the blow from the recent U.S. sanctions on Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA; Caracas), says the International Energy Agency (IEA) as it once again raised its estimates for non-OPEC supply on the back of robust U.S. shale flows, reports S&P Global Platts. The Paris-based IEA, a market watchdog, also trimmed its forecast for OPEC crude oil demand this year, but nonetheless kept its growth estimate for demand in 2019 unchanged at 1.4 MMbbld. However, U.S. liquids output is forecast to rise by 1.52 MMbbld this year, consolidating the nation as the world’s biggest oil producer with average production hitting nearly 17 MMbbld, IEA said in its latest monthly oil market report....

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) anticipates awarding approximately $40 million in competitive grant funding for the Diesel Emissions Reductions Act (DERA) Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program. The Program is soliciting applications nationwide for projects that achieve significant reductions in diesel emissions in terms of tons of pollution produced and exposure, particularly from fleets operating in areas designated by the Administrator as poor air quality areas. Eligible fleets include regional, state, local or tribal agencies/consortia or port authorities with jurisdiction over transportation or air quality and nonprofit organizations or institutions that represent or provide pollution reduction or educational services to persons or organizations that own or operate diesel fleets or have the promotion of transportation or air quality as their principal purpose. Private companies or...

(March 1, 2019) Chicago, Illinois-based Energy Distribution Partners (“EDP”) is pleased to announce two new general managers for the following: Lloyd Pope has joined the company as General Manager for Dassel’s Petroleum , which serves residential, commercial and agricultural customers across California’s Central Coast, the Bay Area, and Central San Joaquin Valley from offices in Hanford and Hollister. In addition to maintaining the current residential and agriculture markets in the service areas, Pope is responsible for growing the company across all of its business segments. Dassel’s was acquired by EDP in 2016. Now in his 38th year in the industry, Pope’s experience has covered the Western United States. He began his industry career as a bobtail driver in Montana, working for Cal-Gas, and later worked...