The OilSpot News from DTN Energy
Tuesday, May 27, 2003 VOLUME 1 ISSUE 45  



Valero, Nynas USA Ink Napthenic Oil Base Marketing Deal
RFA: Ethanol Industry Sets Production Record in April


Nation’s Pump Prices End Decline with Modest Weekly Gain
Propane Stockpiles Post Sizeable 2.1-Million Barrel Increase


Senate OKs Bill Scrutinizing Halliburton’s Iraq Contract


Economic Indicators


Weekly Rack Averages

API’s Cavaney Tells Congress Industry Ready for Challenge
Gasoline Makers Show Agility in Unusual Market

Red Cavaney, president of the American Petroleum Institute, offered U.S. lawmakers an appraisal of ongoing activities in the country’s oil industry, sending Congress a letter Friday (5/23) to explain the curious status for the nation’s gasoline makers.

The president of the Washington, D.C.-based industry group told Congressional leaders that U.S. petroleum companies continue to make adjustments to deal what he referred to as “fluxing and unusual market conditions,” as the country kicks off the summer’s peak driving season.
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Propane Goliath Adds Heft with Active Acquisition
AmeriGas Expands Distribution, Cylinder Exchange Business

Serving more than 1.3 million customers in nearly 50 states already, AmeriGas Partners, L.P., the country’s largest propane company, got a little bigger last week. Operating out of its corporate headquarters in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, AmeriGas said it recently purchased substantially all of the propane distribution assets of Illinois’ Active Propane Company.

Active Propane is the largest participant in the grill cylinder exchange business in the Chicago area, as well a leader in the forklift cylinder business and serves a number of residential customers.
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