Apr
22
Houston-based Ascend Performance Materials Texas will build a $1.2 billion propane production plant in Alvin, Gov. Rick Perry said in a statement. The state is providing $1 million to the company through the Texas Enterprise Fund. The state money is dependent on a local incentive package being approved, the statement said. The facility will create… Continue reading »
Feb
25
Houston-based eCORP Stimulation Technologies LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of eCORP International LLC, used liquid propane to stimulate the Eagle Ford shale play at about 6,000 feet in a successful field demonstration, the company announced in a press release. U.S. shale oil and gas production is usually carried out through a process called hydraulic fracturing, in… Continue reading »
Feb
22
As one of the few school districts in Texas using propane fueled buses, the Conroe Independent School District will benefit from tax credits on those buses in 2012 and 2013. According to the Railroad Commission of Texas, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 will extend the 50-cent-per-gallon tax credit for districts using alternative fuel,… Continue reading »
Dec
11
The Railroad Commission of Texas and the Texas Parent Teacher Association granted $739,059 to the Midland Independent School District to acquire propane-fueled buses and a propane fueling station. “It’s beneficial to the taxpayers of the school district to reduce the operating cost by using propane rather than diesel fuel,” Texas Railroad Commissioner David Porter said.… Continue reading »
Dec
03
Today’s internal-combustion cars and trucks can run on CNG, LNG or propane with some fairly simple engine modifications. Is T. Boone Pickens the villain here, as Willis, president of the Propane Education and Research Council (PERC), suggests? Do his CNG and LNG business interests blind him to the superiority of propane? “We tried to get… Continue reading »