Sunday, July 29, 2018
The Environmental Partnership organization has now grown more than 50% since its launch last December, with 43 companies from the oil and natural gas sector participating in the initiative, reports the American Petroleum Institute. Participants have committed to implementing environmental performance programs geared toward further reducing emissions, and annual reporting that will be compiled and released to the public.
Sunday, July 29, 2018
In the wake of the shale revolution, the U.S. is well on its way to becoming the world’s top oil and gas producer and a major exporter of both products. However, the U.S. will play second fiddle to the developing world, especially Asia, which will shape energy demand for the foreseeable future, according to experts at the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Sunday, July 29, 2018
Fossil fuels—petroleum, natural gas, and coal—have accounted for at least 80% of energy consumption in the U.S. for well over a century, notes the Energy Information Administration (EIA). However, the fossil fuel share of total energy consumption in 2017 was the lowest since 1902, at a little more than 80% as consumption decreased for the third consecutive year.
Sunday, July 29, 2018
In recent years, as its domestic energy consumption has grown, China has become a more significant destination for U.S. energy exports, writes the Energy Information Administration (EIA). In particular, China has been among the largest importers of U.S. crude oil, propane, and liquefied natural gas.
Sunday, July 29, 2018
The Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) recently released a new video detailing the growth of propane autogas in the school transportation market to coincide with a significant milestone for the industry—the delivery of the 10,000th Blue Bird autogas school bus. 
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
The American Trucking Associations (ATA), along with three motor carriers representing the industry, has petitioned a federal court to rule Rhode Island’s truck-only toll program is unconstitutional, arguing it discriminates against interstate trucking companies and impedes the flow of interstate commerce.
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
The fight against the OSHA crane rule, the Jones Act, extending Alternative Fuel Tax Credits and the DRIVE Safe Act were big Propane Days topics. While Propane Days is an excellent venue for lobbying Congress about these types of issues, there remain plenty of issues that are being dealt with at the state and local level that don’t get the billing the Propane Days topics do. Jeff Petrash, National Propane Gas Association (NPGA) vice president and general counsel, deals with many of these issues daily.
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
The Schuyler County Legislature in New York is no longer supporting the proposed Finger Lakes LPG storage facility project, known as Stagecoach, local media report. The proposal by Crestwood Midstream Partners (Houston) calls for storage of propane in underground salt caverns. The full legislature unanimously approved a resolution withdrawing its backing, support it first issued in 2014 and again in 2016.
Sunday, July 15, 2018
Argus Media writes that fuel thieves in Mexico appear to have developed relatively sophisticated methods to steal LPG from trucks, moving beyond the relatively simple techniques needed for gasoline and diesel theft. Thieves are building and operating illegal transport trucks that are used to steal fuel, even from terminals and pipelines. Stolen LPG is sold to customers such as small LPG-fueled public passenger bus services, says Octavio Perez, president of the LPG distribution
industry group Amexgas.
industry group Amexgas.
Sunday, July 15, 2018
The National Propane Gas Association (NPGA) reports that data it is monitoring from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows first-quarter 2018 propane exports were lower than a year earlier. But in spite of lower exports, the U.S. entered the summer months with stock levels lower than a year ago.
Sunday, July 15, 2018
Epic Midstream Holdings LP (San Antonio, Texas) said June 27 it had completed Phase 2 construction on its Epic Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline. The line, when completed, will run from the Permian Basin to Corpus Christi, Texas. Epic reports that 205 miles of the 700-mile pipeline is in operation between DLK Black River Midstream’s plant in the Permian and Benedum, Texas.
Monday, July 2, 2018
Meridian Energy Group Inc. (Irvine, Calif.) said June 13, that the North Dakota Department of Health’s (NDDoH) Air Quality Division had issued a construction permit for the company’s Davis refinery. Issuance of the permit came 18 months after the initial application filing and is based on a thorough review of the application documents and a three-month review of comments received during a 45-day public comment period.
Friday, June 29, 2018
Small and independent business owners overwhelmingly believe the recently passed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will have a positive effect on their businesses, and have plans in place to invest in hiring and increase employee compensation, according to a recent survey conducted by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB).
Monday, June 25, 2018
(June 25, 2018) — U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) recently introduced the Removing Barriers to Energy Independence Act in the House of Representatives, a bill aimed at lessening the filing of frivolous protests against energy projects by imposing minimal filing fees on groups challenging the build out of U.S. energy initiatives and American output.
Monday, June 25, 2018
The Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) asks marketers how long it has been since they have reviewed and practiced their company’s emergency response plan.
Has it been properly communicated to all employees? Does everyone have specific duties and know what to do, where to go, and who to call?
Has it been properly communicated to all employees? Does everyone have specific duties and know what to do, where to go, and who to call?
Sunday, June 3, 2018
The Toronto Sun writes that polling across Canada shows support for carbon pricing has plummeted now that reality has set in, leaving Prime Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne to wonder what went wrong. The Sun notes that last year, amid great, self-congratulatory fanfare, Wynne imposed a cap-and-trade scheme—another name for a carbon tax—on Ontarians, one reason she’s poised to lose her job in the province’s June 7 election. Her Liberal government trails both the Progressive Conservative Party and the New Democratic Party (NDP) in the polls.
Friday, June 1, 2018
(June 1, 2018) — The Texas Alliance of Energy Producers (TAEP), in comments to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security, is calling for exemptions under the Trump administration’s tariff plan for imported steel and aluminum. To alleviate or mitigate impacts to Texas and U.S. energy production, the organization is seeking that nations supplying oilfield steel goods, most notably Canada, Mexico, South Korea, Argentina, Brazil, and Japan, as well as the European Union, be exempted from tariffs.
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Pennsylvania’s marketed natural gas production averaged a record 15 Bcfd in 2017, 3% higher than the 2016 level, reports the Energy Information Administration (EIA). This production is largely from shale plays in the Appalachian Basin. Pennsylvania accounted for 19% of total U.S. marketed natural gas output in 2017 and produced more natural gas than any other state except Texas.
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
(Costa Mesa, Calif.) May 7, 2018 — Agility Fuel Solutions, a global provider of clean fuel solutions for medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicles, has received Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) certifications for its first alternative fuel engine. Agility’s 488LPI engine, an 8.0-liter, V-8 propane power plant using the company’s patented liquid propane injection (LPI) technology, has been granted EPA certification for 2018.
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Short-term oil demand is still growing strong and will continue to do so through the end of 2020, writes HIS Markit, which observes the trend is taking place despite the increasing focus on electric vehicles and a forecast future plateau in oil demand. IHS analysis shows refined product demand has averaged 1.2 MMbbld over the last five years. Current global total liquids oil demand growth is at similar levels to what was recorded during the 2003-2007 commodity super-cycle, referred to as the golden age of refining.
Friday, May 4, 2018
(May 4, 2018) — The American Trucking Associations (ATA) is thanking members of the U.S. House of Representatives for passing, in a bipartisan vote, an amendment to a reauthorization bill preventing states from creating a patchwork of meal and rest rules for interstate truck drivers.ATA comments that the amendment would clarify Congress’ intention to have primary regulatory authority over interstate commerce and end the erosion of this authority by states that impose meal and rest break rules that run counter to national uniformity.
Monday, April 30, 2018
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports that recent growth in U.S. crude oil production has been primarily light, sweet crude, defined as having an API gravity of 35 or higher and sulfur content of 0.3% or less. These light, sweet crudes, which are produced from tight resource formations, accounted for nearly 90% of the 3.1- MMbbld growth in output from 2010 to 2017.
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