Fuel and Oil

September 24, 2012 - Industry News

Diesel Prices Down From Last Week

The average price of diesel dropped nearly 5 cents per gallon this week but remains over $4 a gallon

September 19, 2012 - Industry News

EPA Increases Biodiesel Production Requirements to 1.28 Billion Gallons

The Environmental Protection Agency announced it will require 1.28 billion gallons of bio-based diesel production in 2013, finalizing a standard it proposed more than a year ago

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September 17, 2012 - Industry News

Diesel prices rise only slightly

Once again this week, the price of diesel per gallon has gone up only marginally over last week. Prices rose only 0.3 cents per gallon on average to $4.14, which is an increase of approximately 30 cents over prices last year

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September 12, 2012 - Industry News

Brenntag North America Expands DEF Infrastructure

Brenntag, a distributor of diesel exhaust fluid, expanded its North American DEF infrastructure by installing bulk diesel exhaust fluid tanks at six additional facilitie

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September 6, 2012 - Industry News

Utah's Second LNG Station Completes 700-Mile Corridor

Utah's second liquefied natural gas fueling station celebrated its grand opening in Beaver, Utah, Aug. 30, after opening Aug. 3

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September 5, 2012 - Industry News

Wright Express to Buy Fleet One

Wright Express has agreed to buy Fleet One from private equity firms for $369 million in cash, in a move that will extend its reach into the heavy-truck fueling market

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September 5, 2012 - Industry News

Study Sees Natural Gas Vehicles Gaining Traction

Adoption of CNG by fleets such as Waste Management is driving natural gas adoption to a tipping point, study says.

Adoption of natural gas fuel by trucking fleets is approaching a critical threshold, which ultimately could lead to enormous gas demand growth at the expense of diesel fuel, says an energy market consulting firm in a new study. However, that's assuming that a number of hurdles are removed, especially for adoption in Class 8 highway trucks

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September 4, 2012 - Industry News

Diesel, Gasoline Prices Rise Again

Diesel prices were up an average of 3.8 cents per gallon this week, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, to $4.127 nationwide, while gasoline prices jumped by 6.7 cents per gallon

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August 31, 2012 - Industry News

Sapphire Energy's Commercial Demonstration Algae-to-Energy Facility Now Operational

This is an arial view of the Green Crude Farm, also known as an Integrated Algal Bio-Refinery, in Columbus, New Mexico.

Sapphire Energy announced that the first phase of its Green Crude Farm, which it says is the world's first commercial demonstration algae-to-energy facility, is now operational

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August 29, 2012 - Industry News

Gulf Oil Adds LNG-Powered Trucks, Plans to Offer Fuel to Customers

Gulf Oil has deployed 34 trucks that run on liquefied natural gas and says it soon will be supplying and distributing LNG to customers in the transportation sector and other interested bulk users

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August 29, 2012 - Industry News

Vocational Energy, Ohio Dairy Launch Public-Access CNG Station

A new public-access compressed natural gas fueling station, constructed for Smith Dairy Products Co., announced its grand opening.

Vocational Energy announced the grand opening of its first public access compressed natural gas fueling station, constructed for Smith Dairy Products Co. about 20 miles west of Canton, Ohio

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August 28, 2012 - Industry News

Electrification Coalition, FleetAnswers to Provide Electrification Resources

The Electrification Coalition and FleetAnswers have teamed up to provide online resources on plug-in electric vehicle deployment

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August 27, 2012 - Industry News

Diesel and Gasoline Prices Continue to Increase

Diesel prices continued to climb this week, according to the U.S. Department of Energy

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August 24, 2012 - Industry News

Republic Services Partners With Clean Energy Renewable Fuels to Recover Landfill Gas

Solid waste operator Republic Services Inc. announced an agreement to recover landfill gas from its North Shelby Landfill in Millington, Tenn., for multiple uses -- including as a vehicle fuel for its growing natural gas-powered fleet

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August 24, 2012 - Industry News

Eaton UltraShift Plus Certified for Use with Westport 15-liter Natural Gas Engine

Eaton's UltraShift Plus automated heavy-duty transmissions have been certified for use with the Westport HD 15-liter high pressure direct injection liquefied natural gas engin

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August 20, 2012 - Industry News

Diesel Prices Still on the Rise

Truckers are continuing to dig a little deeper into their wallets as diesel prices continue to climb, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. According to the Energy Information Administration's weekly report, the national average for a gallon of diesel fuel jumped 6 cents this week, which is a 22-cent increase over last year's prices.

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August 17, 2012 - Industry News

DEF Price Drops Dramatically at the Pump

After rising from a spike in agricultural demand for urea, diesel-exhaust fluid prices at the pump saw a sharp drop in July, according to DEF Tracker. The average U.S. DEF pump price dropped dramatically between June and July, to $2.70 per gallon

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August 16, 2012 - Industry News

Three Love's Locations to Open This Month

Love's Travel Stops will open three new locations in three different states in the next three weeks

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August 16, 2012 - Industry News

Companies Announce Florida Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition

A group of 15 companies announced the creation of The Florida Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition, advocating financial incentives similar to those in Texas and nearly a dozen other states to help with the purchase of natural gas vehicles

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August 13, 2012 - Industry News

Diesel Prices Spike

Diesel fuel topped $4 a gallon in three regions and hovered near it in others.

The national average price for a gallon of diesel fuel spiked 11.5 cents this week, according to the Department of Energy's weekly report, while gasoline prices rose a more modest 3.72 cents per gallon

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August 8, 2012 - Industry News

Pilot Flying J Adding Two Stores This Month

Pilot Flying J recently announced plans to open two new travel centers in August

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August 7, 2012 - Industry News

Policy Group Urges Government Fleets to Use Alternative Fuels

A new report from a Washington, D.C., energy policy group urges the federal government to begin allocating its $150 billion budget for transport services to carriers that fuel their fleets on domestically produced natural gas, electricity, biofuels and other alternatives to diesel and gasoline

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August 7, 2012 - Industry News

DOE Price Predictions Rise

The Department of Energy's projections for oil and fuel prices for the rest of the year are higher than they were last month, according to the monthly Short Term Energy Outlook from the DOE's Energy Information Administration

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August 6, 2012 - Industry News

Diesel, Gasoline Prices Rise Again

Diesel prices rose again last week, with the U.S. Department of Energy reporting a national average of $3.85, up 5.4 cents from last week, while gasoline price surged by 13.7 cents per gallon

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August 6, 2012 - Industry News

Waste Management Opens CNG Fueling Station in Louisville, Ky.

Waste Management has launched a new local fleet of 25 clean-burning compressed-natural-gas trucks and unveiled Louisville, Ky.'s first public-access, 24-hour CNG fueling station

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