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Valley Sky-Lines eNewsletter - December 2009
December 2009 - In this Edition
Local Biodiesel Distributor Acquired
by C.L. Thomas, Inc.
Earlier this fall, C.L. Thomas, Inc. announced the acquisition of the operating assets of Haycock Petroleum Company. Haycock is a leading supplier of truck and cardlock delivered fuels, lubricants, propane and related services to retail, mining, agricultural and commercial and industrial customers in the Intermountain West and Eastern Sierra regions. In the Las Vegas alternative fuels arena, Haycock is a primary provider of biodiesel.
Haycock will operate as the Western Division of Thomas Petroleum (Thomas West) and will continue to market and operate under its current trade names. The entire management team of Haycock, including its President, Steve Moore, will continue in their current roles.
“We are excited to be a part of the Thomas organization,” noted Steve Moore, President of Thomas West. “The Thomas team’s focus on providing unmatched service to their customers aligns perfectly with Haycock’s philosophy, which will enable Thomas Petroleum to build upon their reputation as the premier customer service company in the industry.”
Haycock Petroleum was founded in Las Vegas in 1955. The company was the first to introduce biodiesel into Las Vegas, marketing the fuel to fleets and through Sinclair branded retail outlets.
For more information about Haycock’s biodiesel fuel, contact Marty O’Connor, Director of Cardlock Operations LV at 702-382-1620.
Natural Gas Corridor Expands from the San Pedro Bay Ports to Salt Lake City
With the recent U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Clean Cities Program award of $10.5 million of Recovery Act funding, the Interstate Clean Transportation Corridor (ICTC) is set to see a rapid expansion of LNG refueling stations from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, through Las Vegas and into Salt Lake City. This funding will allow for the deployment of 150 heavy-duty LNG trucks and the development of three (3) new publicly accessible LNG refueling stations along the Interstate-15 leg of ICTC, a 425 mile stretch of one of the nation’s most heavily-trafficked long-haul truck corridors. The project sets the stage for the continued investment in low carbon domestic fuels in some of the highest fuel consuming applications on the road today.
The DOE award will involve multiple project partners including United Parcel Service (UPS), the South Coast Air Quality Management District, Las Vegas Clean Cities Coalition, Eastern Sierra Regional Clean Cities Coalition, Utah Clean Cities Coalition, State of Utah, ICTC Project, and Gladstein, Neandross & Associates (GNA). GNA and the ICTC Project developed the grant applications and will assist the project stakeholders during the implementation phase.
For this project, UPS will deploy 150 heavy-duty LNG powered trucks from their distribution facilities in Ontario, California; Las Vegas, Nevada; and Beaver and Salt Lake City, Utah. The company is coordinating with several public and private stakeholders to establish the LNG refueling infrastructure to support this impressive deployment along the ICTC. The base-load fuel throughput from UPS’s 150 LNG tractors will provide the fueling volumes needed to effectively establish these new publicly refueling stations. The LNG fuel stations will be located at UPS’s own distribution centers and at existing truck stops along I-15. The trucks and fueling stations are expected to be in operation no later than the middle of 2011.
Once established, these stations will provide fueling access to not only UPS, but to other heavy-duty natural gas truck operators along the I-15 section of the ICTC as well as local fleet operators in these areas. With nearly 1,000 new LNG trucks being deployed in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the development of these LNG stations in Las Vegas and in Utah will provide the critical refueling infrastructure necessary for these clean fuel trucks to start to travel longer distances. Further, with LNG trucks now available as factory options from Kenworth, Freightliner, and Peterbilt, these stations will provide a reliable network of stations to allow for the increased deployment of these trucks by other fleet operators.
The award-winning ICTC is already the largest and most successful planned clean fuel corridor in the nation. Initiated in 1996 by GNA and in partnership with the U.S. DOE Clean Cities Program, the ICTC has been working to facilitate the development of a multi-state corridor of LNG fueling stations to support the movement of freight using clean alternative fuels. The project has traditionally focused on LNG for heavy-duty transportation in long-haul applications. With the NAT GAS ACT set for debate in early 2010, this stimulus funding provides a major boost to the efforts of the ICTC Project and its stakeholders at a very critical time.
Clean Energy to Improve and Expand CNG Fueling Station Network in Las Vegas
Clean Energy, North America’s leader in clean transportation, has its eye on Las Vegas as a key area in which to expand the use of natural gas vehicles. After purchasing the compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling infrastructure previously operated by the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada in late 2008, the company is implementing its plan to upgrade and expand CNG fueling capability in the Valley. Recently, Clean Energy invested $1 million to upgrade the five existing retail CNG stations, including the installation of modern dispensers capable of accepting a wide range of credit cards, and Clean Energy’s proprietary card.
“The acquisition of this strategic network of CNG stations — offering convenient access 24/7 — will allow us to serve the large limousine, shuttle and taxi markets, along with the growing municipal fleets that include a broad range of CNG-powered vehicles,” said James Harger, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Clean Energy.
There are approximately 1,500 vehicles operating on natural gas in the Las Vegas area, mostly light-duty vehicles like passenger cars, pickup trucks and vans. Clean Energy hopes to expand both the number and size of natural gas vehicles operating in the area. One key target market in Las Vegas for Clean Energy is the taxi, limousine and shuttle bus market. The company has assigned Lindsay Harrison, Business Development Manager, to focus on these markets in Las Vegas.
“Las Vegas is an excellent CNG market because vehicles are concentrated in a relatively small geographic area, making fuel station access very convenient.” Harrison said. “Our plan for natural gas vehicles in Las Vegas includes building a state-of-the-art CNG station near McCarran International Airport, which will allow a large concentration of high-fuel users to transition to a cleaner, cheaper and domestic fuel.”
Clean Energy (Nasdaq: CLNE) is the leading provider of natural gas (CNG and LNG) for transportation in North America. It has a broad customer base in the refuse, transit, ports, shuttle, taxi, trucking, airport and municipal fleet markets, fueling more than 17,200 vehicles at 195 strategic locations across the United States and Canada. For more information, contact Lindsay Harrison at (562) 493-7232.
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Thursday, June 3, 2010
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2010 National Biodiesel Conference and Expo
Grapevine, Texas
February 7-10, 2010
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May 9-12, 2010
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