2021-22 merger and acquisition activity
Here’s a look at the movement LP Gas kept tabs on over the past 12 months, with acquiring companies in bold. Note: Some companies chose not to disclose acquired companies.
Alcivia
Bauer LP Gas & Appliance – Durand, Wisconsin
Franksville Oil & LP Gas – Caledonia, Wisconsin
Black Diamond Capital Management
Arcosa storage tank business – Dallas
Blossman Gas
Coastal Gas Services – Outer Banks, North Carolina
Dolphin Gas – Miami
Ford’s Propane – North Myrtle Beach and Loris, South Carolina; Bolivia, North Carolina
C&S Fuels
Scott Petroleum – Itta Bena, Mississippi
Cole Oil & Propane
Strobel Propane Gas – Kewaskum, Wisconsin
Colonial Oil Industries
Lykins Cos., wholesale fuels business – Milford, Ohio
Country Visions Cooperative
CHS Larsen Cooperative – New London, Wisconsin
Crystal Flash
J-M Transports – Newark, Illinois
D.E. Duffey & Sons
Sheller Oil – West Chester, Pennsylvania
Datacor
Infonetics – Grove City, Ohio
DCC Propane
Affordable Propane Gas – Fort Morgan, Colorado
Greenwell’s Propane Gas – Taylorsville, Kentucky
JC Propane – Delta, Colorado
Dead River Co.
Giroux Energy – Portland, Maine
Main Street Fuel – Richmond, Maine
Dover
Acme Cryogenics Inc. – Allentown, Pennsylvania
Engineered Controls International, parent company of RegO – Elon, North Carolina
Durkin Propane
Economy Energy – Peekskill, New York
Empire Gas Co.
5 acquisitions
Energy Distribution Partners
4 acquisitions
Enterprise Products Partners
Navitas Midstream – Midland, Texas
Estes Oil & Propane, Townsend Energy
Dodge Oil & Propane – Gorham, Maine
Ferrellgas
North Cascades Propane Service – Twisp, Washington
Proflame Propane – East Moriches, New York
StarLite Propane – Bay Shore, New York
Gault Family Cos.
Rural Fuels – Trumbull, Connecticut
Generac
Tank Utility – Boston
Global Partners
Millers Energy retail stores, wholesale accounts – North Carolina; Virginia
Growmark (FS Propane)
Rull Bros. Propane – Bunker Hill, Illinois
Holtzman Propane
Bruce’s Propane – Levittown, Pennsylvania
HOP Energy
Dominick Fuel – Norwalk, Connecticut
Joint venture of Pembina Pipeline Corp. and KKR global infrastructure funds, from Energy Transfer
Energy Transfer Canada – Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Kauffman Gas
Penn-Jersey Propane Gas – Medford, New Jersey
Koppy’s Propane
Miller’s Gas & Oil Service – Shamokin, Pennsylvania
Swenson Fuels – New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania
Lakes Gas
Foss-Johnson Oil – Walcott, North Dakota
Lettermen’s Energy
Alpha Propane – Victor, Montana
Arrow Propane – Spokane Valley, Washington
Basin Propane – Moses Lake, Washington
Canyon State Propane – Phoenix
High Sierra Gas – Portola, California; Reno, Nevada
Sagamore Gas – Colfax, Indiana
Wolf River Propane – New London, Wisconsin
Lock’s Mill Propane
Three Rivers Propane – Linn, Missouri
McAdams Propane Co.
1 acquisition
McDougall Energy
Dodsley Fuels – Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada
Dowler-Karn – St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
MFA Oil Co.
American Propane – Pevely, Missouri
Griffin Oil & Propane – Deering and Portageville, Missouri
Midwest Propane – Paola, Kansas
Offen Petroleum
Pathfinder Transportation – Hiwasse, Arkansas
Petroleum Management – Platteville, Colorado
Otodata Technologies USA
Wireless Applications Corp. – Tel-Aviv, Israel
Paraco Gas
Warner’s Propane & Oil – Gilbert, Pennsylvania
Phoenix Park Energy Marketing
Keyera NGL terminal – Hull, Texas
Pinnacle Propane
Ag Country Propane – Quemado, New Mexico
Collins Propane – Wylie, Texas
United Propane – Dallas
Redwood Capital Investments
Dead River Co. – South Portland, Maine
River Valley Cooperative
Eastern Iowa Propane & Petro – Clinton, Iowa
Sail Energy
Rinker Oil Corp. – Cuba, New York
Sharp Energy
Diversfied Energy Co. – Boone, North Carolina
Shipley Choice
Lykins Cos., electricity business – Milford, Ohio
Star Group
Krall Oil – New Haven, Connecticut
Sunshine Gasoline Distributors
Millers Energy wholesale accounts – Florida
Superior Fuel Co.
2 acquisitions
Superior Plus Corp.
Hopkins Propane – Shelbyville, Michigan
Kamps Propane – Manteca, California
Mountain Energy Gas – Waynesville, North Carolina
Quarles Petroleum – Fredericksburg, Virginia
Williams Energy Group – New Bern, North Carolina
TerraVest Industries
Mississippi Tank and Manufacturing Co. – Hattiesburg, Mississippi
ThompsonGas
Eagle Energy – Sparks, Nevada
Polar Gas – Brighton, Colorado
Propane Etc. – Aberdeen, Washington
Timberline Gas and affiliates:
- Madison River Propane – Belgrade, Montana
- Propane Services Innovated – Butte, Montana
- Salt River Propane – Thayne, Wyoming
- Blue Flame Propane – Williston, North Dakota
TruFlame Gas – Waynesboro, Georgia
Ultra Energy – Hammond, Wisconsin
Undisclosed
Driver’s Propane – Americus, Georgia
Westport Fuel Systems, from Worthington Industries
Stako – Słupsk, Poland
Winthrop Fuel
Lisbon Fuel – Lisbon Falls, Maine
World Fuel Services
Lykins Cos., bulk fuels division – Milford, Ohio
Sources: LP Gas research; Blue Peak Resources; Cetane Associates; Gray, Gray & Gray; Legacy Energy Consulting; Matrix Capital Markets Group; Propane Resources