Land Surveys – Do You Know What You Are Paying For?

April 29th, 2014

It’s happened again. And it’s so frustrating. We just received the survey (ALTA / ACSM with Topography) from our client and find that information is missing. Read the rest of this entry »

Southern California Gas Company Celebrates First Public Access CNG Fueling Station

April 29th, 2014

There are currently more than 4,000 vehicles in the Southern California Gas Company fleet; 23 percent of those are CNG (compressed natural gas) vehicles. And by the year 2016, that figure will rise to 45 percent. Read the rest of this entry »

How to Make Sense of Maintenance Facility Retrofit Requirements for Hydrogen and LNG Vehicles

April 22nd, 2014

As an increasing number of hydrogen and liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueled passenger vehicles and long haul trucks are introduced to the market, auto dealerships and truck maintenance facilities are faced with Read the rest of this entry »

Clean Energy Fuels

April 22nd, 2014

Across the last 60 days, Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has announced that fueling has begun at four new facilities along its Clean Energy’s “America’s Natural Gas Highway”.

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Weights and Measures Recommends CNG/LNG Be Sold As Gasoline and Diesel Gallon Equivalents

April 15th, 2014

A steering committee of the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) recently recommended that compressed and liquefied natural gas be sold in terms of gasoline and diesel gallon equivalents instead of pounds or kilograms.
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E10 and E85 Fuels Make News

April 1st, 2014

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is reporting the number of E85 retail fueling stations expanding. Read the rest of this entry »

Tesoro, El Centro

April 1st, 2014

In March 2014, Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company re-opened its El Centro-located fueling facility.
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Sonic Restaurants Plan Expansion Throughout California

March 19th, 2014

By 2020, the Oklahoma City-based Sonic Restaurant company, plans to have 300 units open in the state of California. Read the rest of this entry »

Chevron Retains Brand Power Title with Highest Pricing Differentials

March 4th, 2014

In its recently-released Retail Year in Review & 2014 Profit Outlook Report, Oil Price Information Service (OPIS) named Chevron as the brand with the strongest — and highest — pricing power. Read the rest of this entry »

NACS Report Expects Gasoline to Remain Dominant Fuel Source

February 25th, 2014

According to the 2014 NACS “Future of Fuels” report, gasoline will remain the dominant fuel source powering light duty vehicles through 2040. Read the rest of this entry »