Fuel and Oil

March 12, 2012 - Industry News

White House Report Shows Drop in Oil Imports

The White House released a one-year American energy progress report showing that the U.S. has reduced dependence on foreign oil by more than 2 million barrels per day.

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March 11, 2012 - Industry News

Diesel Exhaust Found to be 'Negligible' Contributor to One Type of Pollution

Contrary to what the scientific community expected, the exhaust fumes from gasoline vehicles are a bigger polluter than diesel exhaust when it comes to a specific type of pollution, according to a new study

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March 7, 2012 - Industry News

PeopleNet, Vusion Offer Fuel Theft Detection

PeopleNet is getting ready to offer a fuel-theft detection solution with the help of sister company, data analytics provider Vusion

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March 7, 2012 - Industry News

GE, Chesapeake to Collaborate to Speed Adoption of Natural Gas

GE and Chesapeake Energy Corp. announced they will collaborate to accelerate the adoption of natural gas as a transportation fuel

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March 6, 2012 - Industry News

EIA: Crude Price to Average $11 Higher Than Last Year

In its Short-Term Energy Outlook, the U.S. Energy Information Administration says it expects the price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil to average about $106 per barrel in 2012, $5 per barrel higher than in its previous outlook and $11 per barrel higher than the average price last year

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March 6, 2012 - Industry News

DEF Prices Increase for Bulk Deliveries

Diesel exhaust fluid prices for tote refills and other bulk deliveries increased between January and February 2011, as suppliers reacted to increasing raw material costs, reports DEF Tracker

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March 5, 2012 - Industry News

U.S. Diesel at Highest Price in More Than a Year

Diesel is up again this week with a 4-cent increase to $4.094 per gallon from $4.051 per gallon, according to the Energy Information Administration's gas and diesel fuel update

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February 29, 2012 - Industry News

Refinery Closures Could Affect Northeast Diesel Supplies, Prices

Sunoco says its Philadelphia Refinery is the oldest continuously operating petroleum facility in the world.

Supplies of ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel in the Northeast could be greatly impacted if Sunoco Inc. follows through with plans to shut down its Philidelphia refinery in July if no buyer is found

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February 29, 2012 - Industry News

CARB Highlights Innovations in Clean Diesel Technology

Diesel industry and California Air Resources Board officials held a press conference to highlight the key policies and events that led to the transformation of clean diesel technology over the past two-plus decades

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February 27, 2012 - Industry News

Diesel Spikes to More Than $4, Crude Prices Moderate

More truckers are seeing this as diesel is again at $4 a gallon. (Photo by Jim Park)

The average U.S. diesel price is up to $4.051 after a spike of 9 cents, and gas prices increased an average of 13 cents, reports the Energy Information Administration in its weekly Gas and Fuel Update

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February 23, 2012 - Industry News

EPA Certifies Daimler's Vehicle Lineup as GHG14 Compliant

The Environmental Protection Agency has certified Daimler Trucks North America's complete portfolio of model year 2013 on-highway, vocational and medium-duty vehicles as fully compliant with the new greenhouse gas 2014 regulations.

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February 22, 2012 - Industry News

Pilot Flying J To Acquire Western Petroleum

Pilot Flying J will acquire Western Petroleum, which has operations largely targeted toward the Rocky Mountain states, the southern states and the northern plains

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February 21, 2012 - Industry News

Diesel and Gas Prices Rise, Worries About Greece and Iran Drive up Oil Prices

The average U.S. diesel price is up by 1.7 cents this week to an 11-week high of $3.96 per gallon from $3.943 last week, reports the U.S. Energy Information Administration in its weekly fuel update, and crude oil prices are the highest in in nine months

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February 21, 2012 - Industry News

3M, Chesapeake Energy Partner to Create CNG Tank Technology

3M and Chesapeake Energy Corp. will collaborate in designing, manufacturing and marketing a broad portfolio of compressed natural gas tanks for use in all sectors of the U.S. transportation market, starting with commercial vehicles

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February 16, 2012 - Industry News

Central Freight Lines To Test Peterbilt CNG Tractors

Central Freight Lines, a less-than-truckload for-hire common carrier, will test 15 new compressed natural gas tractors under a grant from the Houston-Galveston Area Council

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February 16, 2012 - Industry News

Love's Travel Stop Opens in Seguin, Texas

Love's opened a new travel stop in Seguin, Texas, off I-10, Exit 604.

Love's Travel Stops opened its first new travel stop of 2012 in Seguin, Texas, at Interstate 10, Exit 604

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February 14, 2012 - Industry News

Comdata Installs 500th Point-Of-Sale System

Comdata Corp. installed its 500th Smart Solutions point-of-sale system at a QuikTrip location in Adairsville, Ga

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February 13, 2012 - Industry News

Diesel Prices Spike 9 Cents, Oil Prices Highest in 5 Weeks

U.S. diesel prices are up by almost 9 cents per gallon this week, to $3.943 from $3.856. This is the biggest weekly increase since mid-November, according to numbers from the Energy Information Administration's gas and diesel fuel update

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February 10, 2012 - Industry News

Clean Energy Opens LNG Fueling Station in Seville, Ohio

Clean Energy built a new LNG fueling station in Seville, Ohio. Above, one of Clean Energy's LNG stations in Baytown, Texas.

A new liquefied natural gas fueling station built, owned and operated by Clean Energy Fuels Corp., has opened in Seville, Ohio. The station will support the expanding fleet of LNG trucks deployed by Dillon Transport serving Owens Corning and is also available for public access

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February 9, 2012 - Industry News

MIT Study Finds Electric Trucks Can Save Businesses Money

MIT study says electric trucks, like this one from Navistar, have the potential to save businesses money.

Using electric trucks can considerably reduce costs for fleets, say researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIT News reported that the study, conducted at MIT's Center for Transportation and Logistics, found that electric vehicles can cost 9% to 12% less to operate than diesel-powered trucks when used to make deliveries on a daily basis in large cities

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February 8, 2012 - Industry News

Florida's Capital Begins Construction for Natural Gas Fueling Station Project

Construction kicked off in Florida's capital city on the first of a network of natural gas fueling stations

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February 7, 2012 - Industry News

Hino Trucks Honored at National Biodiesel Conference

Hino Trucks was recognized by the National Biodiesel Board with the 2012 "Eye on Biodiesel Impact Award" during a ceremony at the National Biodiesel Conference in Orlando, Fla

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February 7, 2012 - Industry News

U.S. DEF pump price drops

The average pump price for diesel exhaust fluid in the U.S. fell by a penny to $2.75 a gallon from December to January, discoverdef.com reported

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February 7, 2012 - Industry News

DOE Predicts 2012 Will See Highest Oil Prices Since '08

The U.S. Energy Information Administration expects the price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil to average about $100 per barrel in 2012, almost $6 per barrel higher than the average price last year

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February 7, 2012 - Industry News