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  • Feature Articles

    New Product Showcase From The 31st World LPG Forum

    Welcome to Houston, the Energy Capital of the World… As a proud media sponsor, BPN is pleased to provide the following New Products Showcase on exhibit at the 31st World LPG Forum. The Houston venue is filled with opportunities to network with peers from around the world, to gain information and insight from the industry’s best, and to examine the new products available from this year’s nearly 100 exhibitors. This is a unique chance to discover the products being enjoyed globally, right here in the USA. The following is a summary of but a handful of the equipment and services to be displayed. In fact, some of these products are being introduced in the exhibit hall. Don’t miss this sneak peek of what you should...

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  • Equipment

    Propane Council Giving Away Loaded Equipment Trailer At GIE+EXPO

    WASHINGTON (September 24, 2018) – Contractors who visit booth No. 7094 at the GIE+EXPO (Green Industry & Equipment Expo) can enter their name into a drawing for a chance to win a tricked-out 16-foot Big Tex trailer loaded up with an Exmark propane-powered mower, tools, and accessories from the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC). The trailer is central to PERC’s 2018 booth theme that showcases how propane equipment can help a contractor’s business over the long haul. “We’ve seen time and again that once a landscape contractor tries propane equipment for the first time, they don’t turn back,” said Jeremy Wishart, director of off-road business development for PERC. “Propane offers contractors so many long-term business benefits, including lower fuel costs, a cleaner operation, and...

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  • Feature Articles

    Energy Distribution Partners Acquires Operations from Delta Liquid Energy

    (September 19, 2018) — Energy Distribution Partners (“EDP”), based in Chicago, Illinois, has acquired the Los Angeles- area operations of Delta Liquid Energy (“DLE”). The two operations, located in Pomona and Sylmar, California, serve commercial and residential customers in and around those two communities. Expo Propane, an EDP operation based in Los Angeles, has assumed management of the two facilities. The DLE transaction is EDP’s fourth in 2018, and upon its closing Expo Propane is anticipated to be the third-largest propane service provider in the Los Angeles area. DLE, owned by the Platz family, was founded in 1936 and has grown to ten locations in California and one in Nevada. The Platz family is retaining ownership of all the remaining locations. The operations transitioning to...

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  • Training

    DiSC Leadership Training Now Offered Onsite At Your Location

    Washington, DC (September 12, 2018) – Women in Propane (WIP) Council now offers leadership training to businesses and organizations at their locations. DiSC ON THE ROAD is the council’s most recent initiative, teaching men and women the nation’s most effective behavior profile training program by certified DISC® experts, affordably and conveniently. DiSC profile was developed to provide a more interactive learning experience and provides more dynamic resources than a traditional classroom model. Accurate, personalized profiles are created ahead of on-site training via online assessments. DiSC, which is a combination of four tendencies– Dominance (D), Influence (I), Steadiness (S), Conscientiousness (C)–provides customized leadership training through a curriculum centered on understanding behavioral styles. DiSC ON THE ROAD is advanced by Women in Propane in response to requests...

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  • Feature Articles

    China Imposes 25% Tariffs On U.S. Oil-Product Exports

    On Aug. 23 China implemented tariffs on a second tranche of U.S. goods, targeting oil products such as propane and butane, and coal for the first time, in retaliation to U.S. tariffs effective the same day and paving the way for crude oil and LNG to be hit next, reports S&P Global Platts. Energy commodities including propane, butane, naphtha, jet fuel, and coal are on the second list of $16 billion worth of U.S. products that attract 25% additional tariffs from Aug. 23, according to China’s Ministry of Commerce. The latest tariffs came in the midst of trade talks between the U.S. and China in Washington, but market participants did not expect talks to yield any firm outcomes to ease tensions. “Marketers have been under...

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  • Feature Articles

    Inevitable Winter Surprises Necessitate Proper Supply Planning, Preparations

    By John Powell… Winter is the season of surprises, and in the propane business those unexpected cold blasts or heat waves, along with sudden turns in the market, can create opportunities—or headaches. Looking ahead to the winter of 2018-2019, the one sure thing is that we will again face surprises. Now is a good time for marketers to evaluate their yearly supply plan and make last-minute adjustments for this winter. Planning ahead is the way to minimize risk and capture good cash flows, even amid surprises. Lessons from Last Winter After two mild winters, the early weeks of 2018 socked the Upper Midwest, Northeast, and even Southern states with frigid temperatures. The nation had a polar vortex, two-foot snows, and a string of nor’easters and...

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  • Feature Articles

    Missouri Funding Opportunity: Up To $24,000/Unit To Replace Diesel Buses

    LAST CHANCE: The deadline for districts and school transportation providers to apply is Friday, September 14, 2018. The State of Missouri is requesting applications from schools and school fleet operators to replace old diesel buses. This funding opportunity is open to public and private schools and school districts and for-profit operators of school bus fleets, providing up to $22,000 for each vehicle replaced. The Missouri Department of Natural Resources, which administers the program, anticipates 70-75 bus replacements statewide through this one-year cycle. Applicants may apply for funding for up to 3 buses if replacing diesel with diesel; however, funding is available for up to 10 buses when replacing diesel vehicles with cleaner alternative fuels such as propane autogas. Districts that use biodiesel blends are also...

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  • Safety

    Share Hurricane Safety Tips With Propane Customers

    (September 10, 2018) — Hurricanes are among nature’s most powerful and destructive phenomena. On average, 12 tropical storms, six of which become hurricanes form over the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, or Gulf of Mexico during the hurricane season that runs from June 1 to November 30 each year. In the Central Pacific Ocean, an average of three tropical storms, two of which become hurricanes form or move over the area during the hurricane season, from June 1 to November 30 each year. Guam, the Northern Marianas and Micronesia experience typhoons all year round but the main season in July through November with a peak from mid-August to mid-September. Over a typical 2-year period, the U.S. coastline is struck by an average of three hurricanes, one...

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  • Feature Articles

    Technological Innovation Showcased at 31st World LPG Conference

    The Global Technology Conference (GTC), which is organized by the World LPG Association (WLPGA) every year, is the opportunity for companies, research institutes, educational establishments, and individuals to showcase the latest technological innovation impacting on the global LPG industry. The GTC is held during the WLPGA World Forum, which this year will be in Houston, during the first week of October. Planning for GTC starts in November each year with the “call for abstracts.” For GTC 2018, 21 abstracts were submitted to the selection committee from nine different countries. The GTC selection committee chose 12 papers (there will be a joint presentation of two similar papers) for presenting during GTC in Houston, which will be held over two sessions (broadly split between operations and applications)...

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  • Safety

    September Designated “School Bus Safety Month”

    (September 7, 2018) — The Senate recently passed a resolution (S.Res.603) designating September 2018 as “School Bus Safety Month.” The Resolution was introduced by Sen. Debra Fischer (R-Neb.). Every school day in the United States, approximately 500,000 public and private school buses carry more than 26,000,000 children to and from school. With school buses comprising the largest mass transportation fleet in the United States, School Bus Safety Month offers the Senate and the people of the U.S. an opportunity to recognize and thank all of the school bus drivers and the professionals who are focused on school bus safety and security in our country. More than half of all K–12 students ride a school bus, totaling 260,000,000 miles for each of the 180 school days...

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