Enterprise Products Partners, Anadarko Petroleum and Enbridge Energy Partners announced their plans to build a new natural gas liquids pipeline connecting the Texas Panhandle to propane central, Mont Belvieu, according to a recent FuelFix.com report. Because NGLs like propane can’t be transported through the same pipelines as natural gas, they need their own system. As […]
To celebrate their 62nd year in business, Texas marketer Sharp Propane employees volunteered this month for a wide range of state non-profit organizations, Reuters reported yesterday. It isn’t exactly a new development – the company does “Sharp Service Month” every August to renew their commitment to community service. “Our company values giving back, and we […]
Police officers in Rosenberg, Texas found almost half a million dollars stashed in a television and a propane tank inside a vehicle during a routine traffic stop last week, ABC7chicago.com reported. Officers became suspicious when their police dog searched the vehicle’s exterior and alerted them to a front door seam and a large cardboard box. […]
We often hear of school bus companies, taxi services and police squads converting their fleets to run on propane autogas, but other companies across the country are switching too. This week Austin Gutter King, an eco-conscious rain gutter specialist company, purchased four ROUSH CleanTech Ford vehicles, successfully converting 25% of its fleet to autogas. Austin […]
A West Texas district school board has received a grant of more than $700,000 to buy seven new propane-fueled buses and install a 20,000-gallon propane-refuelling station. The 91-passenger Blue Bird buses will be rolling into Midland in December to service the MISD School Board. The grant is part of the American Recovery Reinvestment Act, mywesttexas.com […]
A million-dollar air study at Fort Worth, Texas, has identified excessive pollutants – including propane, methane and butane in high concentrations. But the study’s author does not believe the gas concentrations pose a public health risk. The study measured air samples for pollutants from 388 sites, publicbroadcasting.net reported. Though propane, methane and butane were found […]
Officials in several parts of Texas have extended the burn ban that went into effect last Monday until July 25, the Herald Democrat reported. Burn bans are frequently enacted across the country in the summer, most often in an effort to curb air pollution. Grayson County approved the ban for different reasons, but the rules […]
The Vitol Group, one of the world’s largest independent energy traders, and its subsidiary Coastal Caverns, Inc. (CCI) unveiled plans to build a new propane export facility in Beaumont, Texas, where the company is already developing a large LPG storage plant. Based out of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Vitol trades more than 5.5 barrels of crude […]
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. announced its plan to expand its operation in propane’s powerhouse town Mont Belvieu, Texas, with a new fractionation facility. Slated to be ready for operation in 2013, administrators expect the new facility will enable Enterprise to fractionate over 450,000 barrels per day at its Mont Belvieu complex alone. “The additional capacity […]
A Texas-based company that processes propane into propylene is trying to raise $600 million in an initial public offering of stock, Reuters reported. PetroLogistics LP filed papers with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday. The Houston, Texas company said high oil costs are shutting down its rivals who rely on oil byproducts to […]