Election Commission. Supervises board elections and tabulates
ballots. Members of this committee are established by the PEI Constitution.
Peter H. Ward, Glasgow Equipment Service, Inc., Riviera Beach, FL (chair)
Dennis Rethmeier, Western Pump, Inc., San Diego, CA
Joey Cheek, JMP Solutions, Inc., Tampa, FL
Executive Committee. Composed of the president, vice president,
immediate past president and two members of the board of directors, this
committee is established by the PEI Constitution and makes interim decisions
on behalf of the board.
Terry Cooper, Acterra Group, Inc., Marion, IA (chair)
Phil Farrell, Double Check Company, Kansas City, MO
Joey Cheek, JMP Solutions, Inc., Tampa, FL
Mike Hoffman, Mike Hoffman's Equipment Service, Mobile, AL
Brett Swan, Minnesota Petroleum Service, Minneapolis, MN
Insurance Committee. This committee monitors the association's
insurance programs and legislation that impacts the insurance needs of PEI
members.
J. Stephen Hieber, PWI, Inc., New Oxford, PA (chair)
Larry Gentry, W.G. Gentry Co., Inc., Lafayette, IN
John T. Hardin, Hardin's Pump & Compressor, Winston-Salem, NC
Fred W. Jones, Westech Fuel Equipment, Salt Lake City, UT
Mark A. Leak, Leak Petroleum Equipment, Inc., DeWitt, MI
William J. Mascott III, Mascott Equipment Company, Inc., Portland, OR
Recommended Practices Committee. This committee is responsible for
evaluating topics suggested by the membership for development into a
recommended practice. The committee includes chairs of each of the existing
recommended practice committees.
Joey D. Batchelor, Guardian Fueling Technologies, Jacksonville, FL
B. J. Benton, United Pump and Controls, Inc., Suwanee, GA
Steve Bernstein, Jones & Frank, Charlotte, NC
Terry D. Cooper, Acterra Group, Marion, IA
Roy Creley, Lakes Region Environmental Contractors, Belmont, NH
Paul Doyle, Petroleum Marine Consultants, Wellington, FL
Leland M. Freeman, Petroleum Solutions, Inc., Victoria, TX
J. Stephen Hieber, PWI, Incorporated, New Oxford, PA
Brad Hoffman, Tanknology, Inc., Austin, TX
Edward Kubinsky, Jr., Crompco, Plymouth Meeting, PA
Kirk N. Mercer, R. W. Mercer Company, Jackson, MI
Jim O'Day, O'Day Equipment, LLC, Fargo, ND
Philip J. Parker, Samson Corporation, Swannanoa, NC
Blair D. Shwedo, Sr., SouthEastern Petroleum Systems, Inc., Charlotte, NC
Sonny Underwood, Mid-South Steel Products, Inc., Cape Girardeau, MO
Safety Committee. Plans programs and publications (SafetyLetter, Safe
Practices, Dos and Don'ts, safety posters, etc.) for use by members to
enhance public and workplace safety.
Carl E. Bayliss II, B C & C, LLC, Winchester, VA (chair)
Robert Coker, Murphy Oil USA, El Dorado, AR
John Keller, Petroleum Solutions, Inc., San Antonio, TX
Matthew Kozeil, Oscar W. Larson Co., Clarkston, MI
Dan O'Day, O'Day Equipment LLC, Blaine, MN
Kurt Radermacher, Pump & Meter Service, Inc., Hopkins, MN
Derek Rethmeier, Western Pump, Inc., San Diego, CA
Art Sodermark, Platinum Engineering & Safety Inc., Clermont, FL
Tim Thickstun, Advanced Fuel Systems, Inc., Columbus, OH
Strategic Long
Range Planning Committee. Established by the PEI Constitution, this
six-member committee is composed of the president, vice president,
treasurer and three immediate past presidents. It develops long-range plans
and objectives, and serves as an advisory group to the PEI Board of
Directors.
Joey Cheek, JMP Solutions, Inc., Tampa, FL (chair)
Terry D. Cooper, Acterra Group, Inc., Marion, IA
Phil Farrell, Double Check Company, Kansas City, MO
Kevin McKinney, McKinney Petroleum Equipment, Mobile, AL
Dennis Rethmeier, Western Pump, Inc., San Diego, CA
Peter H. Ward, Glasgow Equipment Service, Inc., Riviera Beach, FL
Young
Executives Committee. This committee establishes and develops programming
for PEI's Young Executives program.
Justin Regier, P.S.I. Equipment Sales, Inc., Fresno, CA (chair)
Greg Abrams, Performance Ink Inc., Columbia, SC
Chris Farrell, Double Check Company, Kansas City, MO
April Indest, Southern Tank Testers, Inc., Breaux Bridge, LA
Sherrie Keller, M & M Service Station Equipment Specialists Inc., Silver
Grove, KY
John Patrick, RDM Industrial Electronics, Inc., Nebo, NC
Ryan Rethmeier, Western Pump, Inc., San Diego, CA
Loren Semler, Semler Industries, Inc., Franklin Park, IL
Grenny Sutcliffe, Husky Corporation, Pacific, MO
Ian Thickstun, Advanced Fuel Systems Inc., Columbus, OH
PEI MEMBERS:
PLEASE RESPOND TO OUR 2013 MEMBERSHIP SURVEY
PEI is committed to improving its programs, processes and practices. The
best way we know to do that is to ask you how we are doing and solicit ways we
can better serve the membership. Please take five minutes of your day to
complete the annual
Membership Survey. Your feedback is reviewed by the PEI staff, Strategic
Long Range Planning Committee, the PEI Board of Directors and appropriate
PEI committees. Good and/or bad, we want to hear from you. Thanks.
TOPICS FOR FUTURE RECOMMENDED PRACTICES REQUESTED
PEI is seeking to identify topics that might provide subject matter for
future technical documents (recommended practices). Submitted ideas for
recommended practices should meet all of the following requirements:
- The subject matter involves practices and/or procedures used in the
petroleum equipment industry and serves the greater good of the industry;
- The topic has not been adequately covered in documents produced by
other organizations; and
- The expertise exists among PEI members to write the document.
If there is a topic you believe PEI should consider developing as a
recommended practice, we would like to hear from you. If you previously
submitted a topic that was not selected in the past, you must resubmit.
Email Bob Young byoung@pei.org with your
suggestions by February 7. Please include the purpose and scope of the proposed document,
along with the intended audience. We will compile the responses and forward
them to PEI's Recommended Practices Committee for its review and recommendations to the PEI
Board of Directors.
PEI DISTRIBUTORS EXPAND OPERATIONS
Western Pump, Inc., headquartered in San Diego, California, has opened a
second full-service branch office located at 15611 New Century Drive, Los
Angeles, California 90248. Telephone: 310-327-1330.
Jones & Frank, headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, has acquired
the assets of Reliable Oil Equipment, headquartered in Dayton, Ohio.
The integration of both companies will occur over the next several months.
The addition of Reliable Oil Equipment to Jones & Frank will create a
combined organization with 22 branch offices, 3 distribution centers and
personnel in 20 states.
UNIVERSITY OF INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE
Save $200 when you register for the University of Industrial
Distribution (UID) by Friday, January 11. PEI sponsors this premier
education program with more than 25 other leading industrial distribution
associations. The 2013 event will be March 10-13 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
More than 30 different UID classes will cover advanced inventory control;
improving productivity and profitability; sales and marketing strategies;
and negotiation skills, among other crucial topics. You can choose the
sessions of most importance to your business. For a complete brochure with
pricing, course descriptions, hotel rates and other details,
click here
or visit www.univid.org.
PETROLEUM MARKETERS ENCOUNTER BUMPS IN THE ROAD
Some 476 drivers filled their gasoline tanks with diesel fuel
December 26 at a Co-op gasoline station in Calgary, Alberta, after a fuel
supplier for the station accidentally filled a regular gasoline storage tank
with diesel fuel. Co-op became aware of the problem 26 hours after the
diesel was dropped into its tank. The company said it will cover the cost of
repairs, tow fees and rental car expenses.
ConocoPhillips and Phillips 66 were sued by California Attorney
General Kamala Harris, who accused the oil companies of environmental
violations at more than 560 gasoline stations in the state. Harris and seven
county district attorneys filed a complaint January 2 in state court in
Oakland seeking an order forcing the companies to comply with California's
underground storage tank (UST) laws as well as unspecified civil penalties
for violating the state's health and safety code. The complaint accuses the
companies of improperly monitoring, inspecting and maintaining the USTs. The
complaint also alleges the companies improperly handled hazardous waste and
materials associated with the USTs.
A Cook County judge has fined Redevelopment Enterprises Inc. $386,000
for failing to remove underground petroleum storage tanks from a site after
receiving a 2011 order from the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal to
do so. The former gasoline station in Chicago Heights has been closed
since 2008. The three tanks are 37 years old.
PETROLEUM MARKETING NEWS
Murphy Oil USA, Inc., El Dorado, Arkansas, has entered into an agreement
with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. to provide access to more than 200 new locations
within its core market covering the Midwest and Southeast United States. The
agreement gives Murphy Oil USA the opportunity to build more than 200 new
fueling stations at existing Walmart supercenters. The construction project
is expected to be completed over the next three years.
Kum & Go, West Des Moines, Iowa, opened 43 stores in nine states last
year, which is more than double its previous record of 21 new stores in 2009.
The company plans to be just as aggressive during the next five years,
according to president and CEO Kyle J. Krause.
Mutual Oil Co. Inc., Brockton, Massachusetts, has sold 19 gasoline
stations and convenience store wholesale assets to several buyers including
Alliance Energy LLC, various regional jobbers and individual stores owners.
Mutual sold these assets in an effort to focus exclusively on its wholesale
business.
Lehigh Gas Partners LP, Allentown, Pennsylvania, has completed the
acquisition of Express Lane Inc. of Lynn Haven, Florida, including
Express Lane's 45 motor fuel sites in the Florida Panhandle region. Lehigh
also completed the acquisition of 24 sites in the metropolitan area of
Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, from Dunmore Oil Co. Inc.
and JoJo Oil Co. Inc. for $28.5 million. Dunmore Oil and JoJo Oil are
related companies based in Dunmore, Pennsylvania.
7-Eleven Inc., headquartered in Dallas, Texas, announced that it has
acquired 143 Speedy Stop and Tigermarket retail locations from C. L.
Thomas Inc., Victoria, Texas.
Conoil Plc plans to build 60 new retail outlets throughout Nigeria in
2013.
ALTERNATIVE FUEL NOTES
The State of
Washington law requiring electric car owners to pay an annual $100 fee
in order to make up lost gasoline tax revenue will go into effect February 1,
2013.
The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012―passed
by Congress on New Year's Day―includes a one-year extension of key renewable
fuel tax credits such as the cellulose producer tax incentive, the
accelerated depreciation for cellulosic fuels, the alternative fuel
infrastructure tax credit and the biodiesel tax credit.
PROMOTIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND RESIGNATIONS
Hafer Equipment, Reading, Pennsylvania, has promoted
John Christman to service manager and Shelby Strauss to director of training
and assistant service manager.
Ascentium Capital LLC, Warren, New Jersey, has hired two people to
serve sales roles with the company. Scott Linton has been named national
sales manager―petroleum and Ernie Roy is regional sales manager―C Stores.
Linton can be reached at 281-902-1962 and Roy at 281-902-1955.
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announced December 27 that she will
resign her post as EPA chief. She is expected to step down after President
Obama's State of the Union address. Deputy Administrator Bob Perciasepe is
likely to head EPA in an acting capacity until the Senate approves a new
permanent chief.
DEATHS
Hugh "Spike" Towey passed away on December 26, 2012, at his home in Vero
Beach, Florida, at the age of 85. A 45-year veteran of the petroleum
equipment industry, he served as president of Whitemarsh Corporation,
Middlesex, New Jersey, until his retirement in 1998. He is preceded in death
by his wife of 63 years, Mary Lou Towey, who died this past September. He is
survived by his six children and 15 grandchildren.
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS
Israel automatic refueling equipment manufacturer. PetraTec
International Ltd., 4th
Ha'Harash Street, Nieveh Ne'eman, P. O. Box 830, Hod Hasharon, Israel 45240,
has applied for manufacturer division membership. Tzachi Sadi is executive
vice president, global sales for the company, which was established in 2005. PetraTec offers a variety of solutions for automatic refueling, vehicle
identification, and fleet management for monitoring and controlling fuel. The
equipment is sold through distributors. Sponsored for PEI membership
by David Crouse, OPW-FC, Hamilton, OH.
www.gasngo.com
