The people kept coming. Truckers. Railroad representatives. Shippers of all kinds. They continuously flowed into Bob Latta’s office on Capitol Hill two winters ago, when snow and severely cold weather disrupted the propane distribution system and slowed the movement of propane throughout parts of the United States. “I can’t tell you how many people were in this room, but having... read more
Dragon’s 18,000-gallon Porta Pak, designed for LP gas and natural gas liquids, features a new manufactured ASME Section VIII/Division I code-compliant storage vessel and transport trailer. The Porta Pak is valved and leak tested at the factory. The internal valves are thermal kill, pneumatic kill and excess flow kill. A remote pneumatic kill on a stand with 30 feet of... read more
Propane retailers, manufacturers and allied trade representatives stormed Capitol Hill during the National Propane Gas Association‘s 11th annual Propane Days on June 9-10 in Washington, D.C. LP Gas joined several states during their meetings with members of Congress and their staffs. Check out the slideshow below for a flavor of this year’s Propane Days. read more
In a previous article, we discussed using remote tank monitors for reducing costs. Growing revenues is another aspect to consider when deciding to use monitoring to serve your customers. Over the years, I have dealt with more than 1,000 fuel companies that have deployed monitors, and there are almost as many ideas on how to increase revenues. But most revenue... read more
Stonebridge Country Club in McKinney, Texas, will host the eighth annual Pros4Care golf event Oct. 18-19. The benefit will also include a motorcycle ride for the first time. Pros4Care launched in the propane industry as a group dedicated to creating awareness of prostate cancer and supporting research to find a cure. Participation has expanded to the overall gas and oil... read more
Rural Computer Consultants Inc. (RCC) acquired two fuel software products: Propac from Data Control Corp. and FuelPak from Vertrax Inc. Six FuelPak experts and one Propac expert became RCC employees to help with the transition. RCC provides back office software to more than 1,400 fuel companies, including internationally. RCC also offers its mobile module called MOGO (mobile office on the... read more
An incident involving ammonia contamination can create caustic consequences for your propane business. “It can be a business killer, as the comprehensive cost of action and remediation is an immediate cash-flow impact of extreme proportion. Worse, there could be the risk of injurious or fatal impacts to people with no warning,” says Jim Olson, vice president of safety and assets... read more
Charlie Revere’s death was sudden and unexpected to the staff here at LP Gas. We had, after all, just seen Revere, president of Virginia-based Revere Gas, at the LP Gas Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Atlanta a couple of months earlier. What wasn’t unexpected following Revere’s death was the outpouring of comments and condolences from the propane industry. More... read more
In the case of Oden v. City of Milwaukee, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals determined that the city could be liable for injury claims brought by two people burned in a natural gas explosion at their home in February 2009. The Odens sued the gas utility, the city and their insurance companies. The city was sued for negligently failing to... read more
MTankCo Supply, a propane equipment distributor, named Thomas Garms as its Midwest account manager. Garms will be responsible for building, promoting and selling the company’s product line in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Michigan. Garms has 30 years of experience selling industrial products and has received several sales and marketing awards. MTankCo Supply, based in Southaven, Miss., is a division of... read more
