
Supply disruptions, price spikes deliver tight, tough winter heating season
April 21, 2014 By James Guyette and LP Gas
As the term polar vortex entered the nation’s lexicon, many propane providers and their customers were wishing a…
Read MoreInergy Services plans to offer posting, index and fixed price programs to Mid-Atlantic buyers.
Read MoreWicked winter weather and supply chain bottlenecks in the Northeast have again focused attention on the ability of propane’s infrastructure to promptly deliver the product. As tankers waited in long lines, restrictions on hours of service for truck drivers presented added difficulties despite extensions granted by government authorities.
Read MoreI hope you’ll agree that one of the most exciting aspects of our industry involves the commodity side of the business and its unpredictability of both disruptions in supply distribution and wholesale propane price spikes.
Read MorePropane retailers dutifully monitoring the nation’s product reserves this summer breathed a collective sigh of relief when the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported a stock build of 65 million barrels last month.
Read MoreIf you build it, they will come. At least that’s what happened to one national propane marketer’s major supply point for California’s Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys.
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