Gauging volume accuracy
January 1, 2007 By LP Gas
Developments in tank gauge technology could make the rubber mallets commonly used to whack recalcitrant rotary gauges back into calibration obsolete.
Read More Aggressive competition in passive shut-offs
January 1, 2007 By LP Gas
A hose or fixture malfunction while filling or emptying a propane transport tank can create an explosive situation, and equipment manufacturers are aggressively debating which passive shut-off technology is better, complete with dueling testimonials.
Read More A vote of confidence
December 1, 2006 By Patrick Hyland
When spot propane prices at Mont Belvieu topped $1.16 this past July, I wondered if spiraling world oil costs would be the final blow that would push marketers out of the business once and for all.
Read More P+R+O+O=F of Performance
December 1, 2006 By LP Gas
A two-year study of propane vapor regulators has determined that age has little effect on the performance of first- and second-stage regulators, but it plays a significant role in how well single-stage devices work.
Read More The best of Drucker on propane
November 1, 2006 By Carl Hughes
Work on the most expensive resource — time — and set goals for productivity and improvement.
Read More Money Man
October 1, 2006 By Patrick Hyland
Roy Willis oversees the annual spending of some $50 million in programs and projects designed to enhance the industry’s image and boost sales. Have those efforts left the U.S. propane industry better positioned to respond to a radically changing global energy market?
Read More Getting technical in the Windy City
September 1, 2006 By LP Gas
The World LP Gas Forum, along with the first-ever Global Technology Conference, will educate and inform from Chicago.
Read More Opportunity to learn
August 1, 2006 By Patrick Hyland
Nobody has to tell propane marketers that today’s business climate is far more complex than a generation ago.
Read More Communicating to the troops
August 1, 2006 By LP Gas
For years, proper procedures and control reports have been provided by computer system vendors to insure the accuracy of input data and to balance inventory and deliveries on a daily basis. This data feeds into the general ledger and canned reports or report generators are available to provide clear pictures of what your business has done.
Read More The devil is in the details
August 1, 2006 By John McCoy
I was fortunate to serve as legal counsel for the Propane Incident Data Collection Project that is featured in this issue of LP Gas Magazine.
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