A Texas oil and gas company has just completed the successful trialing of an Eagle Ford shale hydraulic fracturing well using propane and butane instead of water. Jadela Oil Corp’s El Indio #1 well is producing oil, gas, butane and hydrocarbons following testing last week. A company press release says 5360 barrels of liquid propane/butane […]
The latest in eco bus technology has just been unveiled and it runs on clean-burning domestically-produced propane autogas. Georgia-based bus manufacturer Blue Bird has just launched its next generation Propane-Powered Vision school bus. It seats 77, boasts 362 horsepower and meets stringent Environmental Protection Agency and California Air Resources Board certification requirements, digitaljournal.com reports. The […]
It’s not just summer grills and alternatively-powered road vehicles that are going green with propane gas. Propane-powered forklift fleets are helping countless US manufacturing facilities become more environmentally sustainable, mbtmag.com reports. The Propane Education and Research Council (PERC) estimates there are more than 600,000 propane-powered forklifts operating in US factories, warehouses and distribution centres. Corporate […]
Autogas has teamed up with Mazda to unveil a newly converted propane-powered passenger vehicle in United Kingdom, theautochannel.com reported. Autogas has seen a surge in interest from fleet managers following the conversion of a Mazda 6 to run on LPG – liquid petroleum gas- also known as propane. More than seven million vehicles currently run […]
Indiana taxpayers will save about $1 million a year under a plan to convert more than 600 state vehicles to propane or natural gas, journalgazette.com reported Monday. The plan will also give Indiana the nation’s largest state-wide propane refueling network, with nearly all its operations located within 30 miles of a propane fueling site. Indiana […]
A Seattle airport shuttle company is converting its entire fleet of 100 vans to clean-burning propane to become more environmentally responsible. Shuttle Express operates a network of 100 vans, 15 buses and luxury coaches as well as 75 sedans and limos. Company president John Rowley said the entire van fleet was now being converted to […]
A new propane-powered paratransit bus is being unveiled this week in Minneapolis. The bus will seat 20 passengers and two wheelchairs, and is equipped with the Roush CleanTech liquid propane autogas fuel system. It features the frame of a Ford E-450 cutaway with a shuttle bus body. The clean-burning alternative fuel vehicle is a partnership […]
An autogas lobby group is calling for the propane-based fuel to receive legislative parity with other alternative energy resources. Autogas for America is championing proposed legislation which seeks to extend tax credits and incentives for autogas, autogas-powered vehicles and autogas refueling infrastructure for another five years. The bi-partisan Propane Green Autogas Solution Act was tabled […]
A bill promoting propane autogas as an alternative transport fuel to develop cleaner energy and less dependence on foreign oil has been tabled in Washington, politicalnews.me reported Friday. The legislation seeks to extend tax credits for autogas, the purchase of autogas vehicles and the installation of autogas refueling infrastructure for another five years. Tax credits […]