Navien Inc. appointed Scott Lee as its CEO. The company says Lee served as an overseas team leader with Navien the past four years in the Republic of Korea. Prior to that, the company says Lee served as the chief operating officer for Daewoo Electronics for nine years in Florida. Navien says Harrison Kim, Navien’s former CEO, will stay involved... read more
High gasoline prices have helped alternative fuels such as propane autogas gain momentum over the last few years. But gas prices plummeted throughout the second half of 2014 and reached a four-year low by the end of the year, according to the Lundberg Survey. In fact, the Lundberg Survey reports the average price of gas has dropped $1 since early... read more
As the renewable fuel builds momentum in the U.S., propane industry leaders and companies are considering roles they can play. Developments with a renewable fuel similar to propane have LP gas industry leaders weighing the benefits of a partnership and considering new opportunities for their businesses. Dimethyl ether (DME) has been discussed in propane industry circles for years, and it... read more
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) conducted a study of the market strength of five alternative fuels in the United States, including propane. The others are electricity, biodiesel, E85 ethanol and compressed natural gas (CNG). A representative from each alternative fuel industry aided NREL in the study. Of the five fuels, NREL reports that CNG has the strongest market potential... read more
The National Propane Gas Association (NPGA) published a white paper to address questions related to the Mid America Pipeline Co.’s (MAPL) revised allocation policy, which was filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) last October. The eight-page paper, which NPGA’s Pipeline Advocacy Task Force developed with other industry leaders, covers general tariff information, how FERC considers tariff challenges and... read more
Developed in the 1830s, Coriolis mass flow meters are hardly a new concept, but they have recently gained popularity in liquid-fuels transfer operations, replacing positive displacement (PD) flow meters. Coriolis mass flow meters measure fluid density and the Coriolis forces (mass flow) created, which are then used to calculate flow rates. There are two measuring tubes in a Coriolis meter;... read more
Technology Assurance Labs offers the Overhead Wireless Logic System (OWL), which automatically records and transmits to a laptop, tablet or smartphone the amount of propane remaining in a tank. The radio network operates in a licensed frequency band to avoid interference and has a 20-year battery life, according to the company. Tank data is collected and stored in the cloud... read more
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) certified all Roush CleanTech retrofits for its Ford 6.8-liter fleet vehicles built between 2012 and 2015. Roush said that these vehicles, which include the Ford E-450, F-450, F-550, F-650, F-53 and F-59, could be converted to run on propane autogas in all 50 states. Roush reported that it is the first company to receive... read more
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker declared that intermittent operations at one of Mid America East Blue Pipeline’s propane terminals have put the state in an energy emergency. The Mid America East Blue Pipeline serving four states, including terminals in Janesville, Wis.; Dubuque, Iowa; and Rockford, Ill., had been below capacity and experiencing intermittent service interruptions. While deliveries resumed to most pipeline... read more
Atco Energy Solutions Ltd., in partnership with Petrogas Energy Corp., plans to develop four salt caverns to store 2.5 million barrels of propane, butane and ethylene at Atco’s Heartland Energy Center facility in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada. Atco says this will create an alternative for hydrocarbon storage to help the natural gas liquids (NGL) market in western Canada. “This project... read more
