Propane Industry News

MACON, Ga. — Blue Bird Corporation has implemented a price increase on all model school buses to offset record inflationary pressures and substantially higher costs for raw materials, transportation, and labor.

The company also continues to face supply chain disruptions exacerbated by Russia’s war in Ukraine and the lingering COVID-19 pandemic. Blue Bird's 10% price increase took effect on May 10, 2022.

HOUSTON (May 25, 2022) — Lummus Technology announced it and its catalyst partner Clariant have been awarded a major contract by Fujian Meide to supply CATOFIN technology and catalysts for a new, world-scale propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit in Fuzhou, China. Already operating one PDH unit at its Fuzhou petrochemical complex, Fujian Meide is now building one of the largest PDH units in the world and has selected the CATOFIN process and catalysts for the project's second phase.

Middleton, Mass. (May 25, 2022) — Blue Cow Software hosted its annual user group meeting on May 4-5, 2022, with more than 350 customers from across the U.S., Canada and the U.S.

Canada's primary underground propane inventories increased by 49.41% in May, according to the Canada Energy Regulator. The total represented a month-to-month increase of 184.4 Mcm. Compared to a year earlier, stocks were lower, with 397.3 Mcm, or 41.61%, less product on hand. 

WASHINGTON (May 19, 2022) — Newly released details on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean School Bus Program provide an opportunity for school transportation directors to drastically re

During the latest mid-month period, prices at Mont Belvieu decreased as we advance through the spring. The posted prices decreased by 8.334 cents/gal, from April mid-month to May mid-month, while the spot prices decreased 10.75 cents. Conway, Kan., postings ended with a 7.85-cent decrease and spots decreased 6.75 cents over the month.

DOVER, Del. (May 10, 2022) — Chesapeake Utilities Corporation announced today that Andrena Burd has been promoted to assistant vice president to head the company's risk management department, and Puru Buddha has been promoted to assistant vice president of enterprise applications.

South Portland, Maine (May 12, 2022) – Dead River Company will soon be under new leadership as its current chief operating officer, Casey Cramton, becomes president and CEO.

KENT, Conn. (May 10, 2022) — Cetane Associates LLC announced that Tyler Machado has joined its financial advisory firm as an analyst. Machado provides analytical support to the firm’s mergers and acquisitions deal execution team. He will work from Cetane’s Washington, D.C., office.

OTTAWA (May 11, 2022) — A new study on the life-cycle analysis of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity of Canadian propane shows that the carbon intensity for propane is 72 gCO₂e/MJ (volume-weighted average), which is lower than what is currently being used by the federal government under the Clean Fuel Regulations (74 gCO₂e/MJ).   

Ponte San Marco (Brescia - Italy) (May 12, 2022) — The Cavagna Group is showing an increasing interest in market opportunities that enable it to further develop its capabilities in the regulation and control of gas for use in new sustainable mobility applications – and beyond.

TORONTO — Superior Plus Corp. announced that Superior Propane and Charbone Hydrogen Corporation have entered into a supply and logistics agreement to provide green hydrogen to commercial and industrial customers located initially in Quebec, Canada.

Prior owner of Yankee Propane Inc. and Virginia Propane Inc., Ken Koeller, passed away on April 14, 2022, at the age of 90. Along with his future son-in-law, Peter Guerci, Ken started Yankee Propane in 1989 in Florida, New York, expanding propane operations in the Hudson Valley region of New York and northern New Jersey.

South Portland, Maine (May 4, 2022) — Dead River Company, a home heating provider north of Boston, Massachusetts, has announced another acquisition, one that expands the company further into central and western Massachusetts. Dead River Company has acquired Whiting Oil Corporation, which does business as Whiting Energy Fuels. 

Flanders, New Jersey (April 29, 2022) — ADD Systems announced a new integration with Sygic, a worldwide supplier of professional GPS navigation for fleets.

ADD Systems needed to find a comprehensive navigation tool for drivers in the fuel delivery business. The company wanted a solution that would improve both fleet efficiency and safety.

Long-time propane industry veteran Thomas Cadenhead passed away on April 4, 2022, at the age of 87.

Canada's primary underground propane inventories decreased by 37.82% in April, according to Canada Energy Regulator (CER). The total represented a month-to-month decrease of 227 Mcm. Compared to a year earlier, stocks were lower, with 463.3 Mcm, or 55.39%, less product on hand. 

WHIPPANY, NJ (April 27, 2022) — Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. announced the commercial launch of Propane+rDME. This exciting new product combines clean, versatile and abundantly available propane with the renewable, low carbon benefits of renewable dimethyl ether (rDME), produced by Oberon Fuels, to help create a pathway for lowering emissions to meet aggressive carbon reduction standards. 

DALLAS — Arcosa Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its storage tanks business to Black Diamond Capital Management, LLC for $275 million in cash, subject to customary transaction adjustments.

Established in 1933 and marketed under the Arcosa Tank and TATSA brands, the company’s storage tanks business is a manufacturer of steel pressure tanks for the storage and transportation of propane, ammonia and other gases serving the residential, commercial, energy, and agricultural markets with operations in the United States and Mexico.

COLUMBUS, Ga. & SAN MATEO, Calif. — Synovus Bank announced it has signed an agreement to strategically invest in Qualpay resulting in a 60% ownership interest. Qualpay is a provider of a cloud-based platform that combines a payment gateway with robust merchant processing solutions, which allows merchants and independent software vendors (ISVs) to integrate payments into their software or websites.

LIVONIA, Mich. (April 20, 2022) — Maryland-based ThompsonGas increased its fleet of 127 propane vehicles by adding 10 new 2022 Ford F-750 trucks equipped with ROUSH CleanTech propane systems.