Faces & Places: May 2020
1. Rep. Rob Wittman of Virginia, third from right, spent time at Phillips Energy’s Gloucester Point, Virginia, office and showroom to talk about energy and trends in Washington, D.C. Wittman told the company he’s a strong proponent of propane and recognizes it as an important energy source for families and small businesses. (Photo courtesy of Consociate Media)
2. Cavagna team members, from left, Randy Warner, Federico Bruschi and Pete Dwyer attend the World LPG Association’s Innovation for Growth Summit in February in Washington, D.C. (Photo by LP Gas staff)
3. Alliance AutoGas received its first patent in 2019 for the development of the LPG evacuation pump. Shown here are David Kennedy, right, director of autogas design for Alliance AutoGas, and Jessie Johnson, who retired from the company in 2017. Johnson is a longtime supporter of project research and development. (Photo courtesy of Alliance AutoGas)
4. Meet Nate Tipul, a new member of the LP Gas staff. Tipul, who grew up near Columbus, Ohio, joined LP Gas as an account manager late in 2019. Here, he attends his first trade show, The Work Truck Show, in Indianapolis. (Photo by LP Gas staff)
5. Gas Equipment Co. (GEC) became part of Denmark-based Makeen Energy when Makeen’s daughter company, Kosan Crisplant, acquired the Dallas-based equipment distributor in March. GEC became the latest branch of Makeen’s trading division, KC ProSupply. Shown here are GEC’s Skeeter LaDue, left, and Makeen Energy’s Bo Larsen. (Photo courtesy of Gas Equipment Co.)