natural gas News Updates

Business, Fuel

Questar to Build CNG Facility in Houston for Swift, CFL Use

Questar Fueling announced it has agreed to build a compressed natural gas fueling facility in Houston for use by Swift Transportation and Central Freight Lines.

January 22, 2013
Business, Fuel

About 1 Million Natural-Gas Trucks and Buses to be Sold by 2019, Report Says

More than 930,000 medium- and heavy-duty natural gas-powered trucks and buses are expected to be sold worldwide by 2019, according to a new report.

January 14, 2013
Business, Fuel

Clean Energy, Covanta to Partner on CNG Stations

Covanta Energy Corp. and Clean Energy Fuels Corp. said they will develop compressed natural gas fueling stations at Covanta locations, beginning this month at Covanta’s Newark, N.J., facility.

January 7, 2013
Perspective, Business, Fuel

Opinion: Natural Gas — Proceed, But With Caution

America’s natural-gas boom has the potential to be another big win — if we work together to do it the right way. But if we don’t get it right, substituting natural gas for diesel in our longhaul trucking fleet could just as easily become a losing proposition for everyone concerned.

December 24, 2012
Business, Fuel

I-77 Reopened in W.Va. Following Nat-Gas Explosion

Interstate 77 north of Charleston, W.Va., was reopened Wednesday morning following a huge natural-gas explosion on Tuesday afternoon, the Charleston Gazette reported.

December 12, 2012
Business, Fuel

New Engine to Spur Use of Nat Gas as Trucking Fuel, Panelists Predict

ARLINGTON, Va. — The use of natural gas in Class 8 freight-hauling trucks should begin in earnest next year with the introduction of an engine suitable for heavy-duty loads, according to a panel of original equipment manufacturers.

December 10, 2012
Business, Fuel

Nat Gas Has Great Promise for Trucking, Summit Told

ARLINGTON, Va. — Natural gas has tremendous potential as a trucking industry fuel, but its era for over-the-road freight hauling is just beginning, according to industry experts who addressed the Natural Gas in Trucking Summit here Nov. 29 and 30.

December 10, 2012
Business, Fuel

Fleets Must Reshape Shops to Handle Natural Gas, Experts Say

ARLINGTON, Va. — Fleet managers intent on choosing natural gas as a truck fuel will have to go through a complicated and expensive process to convert, including the development of training and maintenance procedures, said participants in the American Trucking Associations’ Summit on Natural Gas in Trucking.

December 10, 2012
Business, Fuel

Infrastructure, Maintenance Among Issues Preventing Faster Transition to Natural Gas

ARLINGTON, Va. — The low price of natural gas is a main reason why it is so appealing to trucking, but concerns ranging from infrastructure to maintenance are forcing the industry to go slow, executives said.

December 10, 2012
Business, Fuel

Natural Gas Incentives Unlikely, Congressmen Tell Summit

ARLINGTON, VA. — Trucking should expect “piecemeal” measures that promote natural gas use because the federal government probably is too divided to tackle comprehensive legislation that could include incentives for buying natural gas trucks, two congressmen said.

December 10, 2012