Earlier this week, propane giant AmeriGas hosted its first-ever Amerifest in Optimist Park near its office in Laramie, Wyoming, the Laramie Boomerang reported. Besides drumming up interest in the company, AmeriGas officials said they wanted give back and do something for community members and local business. “It’s the first time (we) put it on. The […]
Daniel Herriman, 40, will appear before a Magistrate Judge in Muskogee, OK, today for allegedly attaching an improvised explosive device (IED) to a natural gas pipeline, FuelFix.com reported. He faces federal charges of attempting to destroy property used in interstate or foreign commerce. According to the Seminole County Sheriff Office’s report, two Enerfin Resources employees […]
A petitioner and consumer protection advocate recently spoke out against Islamabad’s High Court Chief Justices this week, challenging the recent price increases for propane and other petroleum products, International News reported. Kokab Iqbal issued a petition arguing the government is violating Pakistan’s Constitution and a 1994 Supreme Court decision mandating the government must provide the […]
Here at the ‘pro, we never like to hear news of propane tanks being abused – or women being abused, for that matter. But deputies arrested a Florida man this week for striking his live-in girlfriend and throwing a propane tank on her car as she tried to drive away from their home in Sebring, […]
In their latest success in cracking down on decanting and distribution of LPG tanks on the black market, police commandeered a van carrying 19 unregistered LPG cylinders near Mukundgunje last week, Times of India reported. Propane is used widely in India, Asia, and the Himalayas for powering appliances, cooking, home heating and motor fuel. However, […]
Over the years, the propane industry has put forth a strong effort to clean up the fuel’s reputation as explosive and potentially dangerous through safer tanks, equipment, and training. In the most recent of these endeavors, the Rocky Mountain Propane Gas Association and the Propane Education Research Council (PERC) teamed up with Safe Fire, a […]
Police forces in Chandigarh, India, arrested seven criminals who have allegedly been systematically stealing residential propane cylinders throughout the city, the Indian Express reported. Propane enjoys widespread popularity in India, where it’s used for cooking, home heating and motor fuel. Occasional shortages and weak regulation have lead to theft, decanting, and questionable distribution methods that […]
Pakistan’s Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) dismissed regulation changes that would’ve required propane distributors to pass a safety test to become registered under OGRA’s list of approved distributors, PakTribune reported today. After a string of tank explosions and accidents injured several Pakistanis, some of them fatally, the Authority said they were creating a safety […]
With LPG shortages being felt in many parts of the world, many governments have been forced to implement various tactics to try to alleviate the problem. Not only is propane a common home heating fuel, in many places it’s better known as cooking gas and serves as a vital fuel for many everyday appliances. In […]
In an eco-conscious effort to use cleaner fuels, the Kenyan government announced plans to triple the country’s LPG usage by 2012, according to a recent report from Capital Business. Kenya currently consumes around 8,000 tons of LPG every month, and will need to increase storage facility capacities, distribution, and infrastructure to meet this goal. “This […]