State of the Industry: Exploring engine fuel opportunities
December 19, 2013 By LP Gas
When planning the survey questionnaires for our 2011 and 2012 State of the Industry projects, we couldn’t ignore…
Read More State of the Industry report: Can we rise up?
December 11, 2012 By LP Gas
View a reader friendly version of the SOI report from our digital edition. ■ A year ago, responses to…
Read More This was a winter to forget
March 1, 2012 By Brian Richesson
Like a digital slideshow that moves at a rapid pace, and you want to slow it enough to recognize what’s in front of you, the energy picture is an ever-changing phenomenon that can be difficult to follow.
Read More State of the Industry 2011: Trust Washington?
December 12, 2011 By Kevin Yanik
Propane marketers sound off in our State of the Industry report about government influence over their sales and margins.
Read More How can DME alter the future of U.S. propane?
March 10, 2011 By Brian Richesson
The molecule is best known as DME, or dimethyl ether, which has established a foothold in other countries, particularly China. DME’s striking similarities to propane have some within the industries exploring what they can do for each other.
Read More Where have all the gallons gone?
March 10, 2011 By LP Gas
Despite an unprecedented $250 million investment that delivered new products and helped add 1 million new propane-heated homes over the last decade, U.S. propane sales for combined residential, commercial, engine, farm and industrial uses have dropped an alarming 2.5 billion gallons since 2000.
Read More Industry reaches ‘far afield’ to ensure adequate propane supplies during winter
March 10, 2011 By LP Gas
After a seemingly endless series of record-setting winter calamities whipping across the country, amid stress-inducing issues with pipelines and waterborne imports, the arrival of Valentine’s Day was signaling that the nation’s propane providers were once again able to weather the storm.
Read More State of the Industry 2010: How much does location impact a propane retailer’s business?
December 9, 2010 By LP Gas
Although the State of the Industry report isn’t published until the December issue of LP Gas each year, we actually begin pondering in April how we can put the volume of timely insights that surveyed propane retailers always provide us into a fresh and relevant context.
This year we felt that presentation of retailing conditions would be most fresh and relevant in a regionalized context. Because, while the impact on business from the uniquely dismal situation of our country’s economy can be summarized on an industry-wide basis, that impact is truly realized state by state, territory by territory, retailer by retailer. So this report peers into the differences retailers are experiencing depending on the location of their operations.
Read More Doom and gloom of economic forecast offset by plummeting product cost
January 1, 2009 By Patrick Hyland and LP Gas
The doom and gloom of the economic forecast is offset by plummeting product costs.
Read More Propane retailers feeling heat from challenging economic conditions
December 1, 2008 By LP Gas
Yep, things are a mess. Looking back, retailing sure was easy before overwhelming regulation and sky-high insurance took the fun out of the business. Sure, you worried about what weather Mother Nature would be throwing at you any given year. Sure, you spent a sleepless night or two, wondering whether you’d made the right decision about adding a bobtail despite a new retailer invading your territory. But global economic crisis? Where did this come from? Yep, things are a mess.
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