Gas to Liquids - Another Piece of the Puzzle We have all seen pictures of oil wells both on land and platforms on the water where there is a...

Urea - More Things to Consider I recently heard a new concern for those of you who will be storing and dispensing Urea for the 2010 diesel t...

OPEC and the Price of Oil – March 15, 2009 OPEC, at its meeting Sunday (March 15, 2009) in Vienna decided not to ask members to cut output a...

Clean Coal – An Oxymoron or a Real Possibility? Can coal be clean? We have all heard the condescending advertising, listened to the biased...

US EIA – Energy Information Administration The US Energy Information Administration provides daily information on regional, national, and w...

Synthetic Oils - Are they Worth the Cost? Image courtesy of outboardmotoroilblog.com Today we hear a lot of terms thrown around when discuss...

Natural Gas as a Transportation Fuel – A Cautionary Note Natural Gas is currently being promoted as a domestic clean, safe, and cheaper alte...

Cetane Number – What it is and Why it’s so Important Cooperative Fuel Research Engine (CFR) Cetane is a measurement of a diesel fuel ignitio...

Biodiesel and Cold Weather meet in Minnesota The Minnesota Department of Agriculture recently released (February 15, 2009) a report to the l...

E-Diesel – A Fuel for the Future? Image Courtesy of University Of Illinois E-Diesel is a blend of Ethanol and Diesel Fuel together with a m...

Relying on Reliance – Rather than Relying on Ourselves Reliance Industries Ltd. an Indian company is preparing to startup its second huge re...

Parking Crude Oil Here is a bit of information that is hard to digest. Speculators are leasing Super Tankers called Very Large Crude Carrier...

The Richards Cycle™ The Richards Cycle™ is a renewable energy concept that combines existing and developing technologies to produce a high q...

Asphaltenes and Plugged Fuel Filters Asphaltenes in diesel fuels are becoming a much larger problem since the introduction of Ultra-Low Sulf...

Coolant Problems in 2007 and Newer Diesel Engines The 2007 and newer medium and heavy duty engines with the new emissions devices are creati...

Keep It Clean - Fuel Storage Tank Maintenance Most owners and operators of fuel storage tanks do not understand that maintenance is required...

Biodiesel from Algae - The future of Biofuels Biodiesel From Algae is likely a long term solution to the problems related to declining cr...

PACKARD DIESEL ENGINE: PACKARD MODEL DR-980 of 1928 Type - 4-stroke cycle diesel Cylinders - 9-static radial configuration Cooling - Air F...

Accidental Mixing of Gasoline and Diesel Recently a customer of ours had a problem where their fuel supplier mistakenly unloaded 3000 gallon...

Snake Oil The Good, the Bad, and the Really Ugly As someone who has worked in the chemical business for a number of years, I always cringe w...