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As the end of another calendar year bears down on us, many of our industry trade associations are working on their budgets for 2016, developing new programs for the offing in the coming year,...
View ArticleAPI: Bipartisan Opposition to RFS Proposal Grows In Congress
Representative Bill Flores (Texas-17) and 183 other members of Congress sent a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy expressing concerns over the proposed 2016 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)...
View ArticleNational Survey Results: Large Majority of Voters Support RFS
A recent national survey shows that biodiesel is an increasingly popular alternative fuel and that support for a Renewable Fuel Standard is on the rise. With just one month until the Environmental...
View ArticleClean Cities Group Honors Biodiesel Leader
The Greater Washington Region Clean Cities Coalition on Wednesday honored National Biodiesel Board Vice President Anne Steckel with its Initiative of the Year Award for her work promoting biodiesel on...
View ArticleDead River Company Announces Retirement of President and CEO Robert Moore in...
President and CEO Robert Moore announced publicly that he will retire in July 2016 from the company that he’s led since 2008. A native of Maine, Moore joined Dead River Company in 1995 as general...
View ArticleRegister Now for the National Biodiesel Conference & Expo
Registration is now open for the 2016 National Biodiesel Conference & Expo in Tampa, Florida! This event is a can’t-miss in the world of biodiesel. The conference features networking and...
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EIA: High Distillate Fuel Oil Inventories in Central Atlantic Weighing on...
Principal contributor: Rebecca George Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Weekly Petroleum Status Report Stocks of distillate fuel oil in the Central Atlantic, which encompasses the New...
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EIA: Heating Oil Expenditures Forecast To Be Lower This Winter
Excerpted from This Week in Petroleum- Oct. 7, 2015 A forecast combination of warmer weather and lower crude oil prices is contributing to the lowest expected average residential heating oil...
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EIA: As U.S. Propane Production and Export Capacity Expand, U.S. Propane...
Excerpted from This Week in Petroleum- Oct. 28, 2015 The combination of significant U.S. propane production increases over the past seven years and relatively slow domestic demand growth has reversed...
View ArticleTaco Announces Agreement to Acquire Askoll Sei
Advancing its strategic partnership with Italian pump manufacturer Askoll®, Taco Comfort Solutions™ announced today that it has signed an agreement with Askoll Holding srl to acquire 100% of Askoll...
View ArticleCoralie Bailly Joins SUNTEC
Coralie Bailly, a French mechanical engineer recently graduate joined SUNTEC Industries as a sales engineer in September. As part of her position, she will offer SUNTEC customers service support for...
View ArticleU.S. Boiler Company Announces Partnership with URELL Inc.
U.S. Boiler Company has announced a strategic partnership with URELL, Inc. of Watertown, Mass. Effective December 1, URELL will represent U.S. Boiler Company and the Burnham brand in the six New...
View ArticleGas Pipeline Alternatives
Massachusetts attorney general: Expanded pipeline capacity for natural gas is ‘not needed’ By Stephen Bennett The fuel oil industry is fighting proposals to build natural gas pipelines in New England,...
View ArticleNORA Sets Goals for 2016
With a new year, a new research center, plus continued exploration of the potential of biofuel By Stephen Bennett On the agenda of the National Oilheat Research Alliance in 2016 is the opening of a new...
View ArticlePERC Aims to Educate Consumers
A research-based consumer education program is scheduled to launch in spring 2016 By Stephen Bennett After a hiatus of six years, the Propane Education & Research Council is back in the consumer...
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Ignition Systems – One More Time?
by George Lanthier* This is a second update on the fifth article I ever wrote back in January of 1992 and updated again in 2000. We missed a 10-year update in 2010, so here goes. One of the things that...
View ArticleSome Thoughts into 2016
Over the past few weeks, I have talked to several contractors who sell oil, LP gas, pellets and heating equipment. During these conversations, they all seem to all have a standard question for me–when...
View ArticleNumbers
It’s all about the numbers. As we went to press in mid-December, the National Propane Gas Association had just announced positive news regarding the Omnibus/Tax Extenders Bill, and the numbers are...
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Demystifying Credit Card Processing
By Collin Sullivan, National Account Manager, AVATAS Payment Solutions Understanding credit card payments was one of my immediate challenges when I joined this industry. It’s a confusing process for...
View ArticleA Zero Emission Future?
The Paris climate talks—Conference of the Parties 21– recently concluded to considerable fanfare. The nearly 200 nations in attendance agreed to work to meet significant CO2 reduction goals. However,...
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