Pennsylvania Petroleum Association

11/21/2023

A growing amount of PA fuel dealers are providing higher blends of biodiesel and Bioheat to their customers. Learn more below!

What exactly is fuel? mybioheat.com/facts/what-is-bioheat-fuel/ It’s a blend of ultra-low sulfur heating oil with renewable biodiesel. Bioheat® fuel is an environmentally friendly fuel option that you can use in the heating equipment and fuel tank that you already have. It’s a win-win!

11/10/2023

Well done Martin Oil Company!

08/02/2023

Today the PPA hosted our first of three HAZMAT Vehicle Mock Inspection Seminar & Demonstrations in partnership with Pennsylvania State Police. Our membership participates in this event to better educate themselves on safe transportation methods and improved Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration compliance practices. Special thank you to PPA member Shipley Energy for hosting the seminar today and providing their company vehicles for the mock inspection exercise!

06/12/2023

Our 2023 Summer Leadership Conference is officially underway!

02/09/2023

Attendee registration and hotel rooms are now available for the 2023 PPA Summer Leadership Conference! Join us June 11 - 13 at ICONA Avalon for a great event that brings together leaders within our industry. Thank you to Federated Insurance, Innospec Inc., BRT, Inc. and Cargas Systems who have already committed to sponsoring the 2023 conference. Learn more at https://papetroleum.org/events/summer-leadership-conference/

09/27/2022

Thank you to Senator Gene Yaw for meeting with a group of PPA members today to discuss various topics that impact deliverable energy marketers. PPA members representatives in this meeting included Flynn Propane, WOC Energy, Hinds Energy, and John H. Murray & Son, INC.

08/02/2022

Today we partnered with PA State Police to offer mock HazMat vehicle inspections. This educational opportunity reinforces safety and improves compliance for our industry. Thank you to Suburban Propane for allowing us to use your Telford facility and trucks for the exercise.

03/04/2022

Great insight from our national association Energy Marketers of America - EMA

Blaming gas station owners for high gas prices is nonsense. The retail motor fuels market is the most competitive marketplace in the country. Retailers post their prices on big signs where a one penny difference can decide whether a retailer gets business or not.

Unfortunately, what the market is currently experiencing is the whiplash effect of prices due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Crude oil is traded in a global market where prices are ultimately set by worldwide supply and demand and influenced by Wall Street commodity traders’ perceptions about future supply and demand.

Furthermore, a myriad of factors beyond the cost of crude oil and refining it into gasoline affect prices at the pump, including federal/state motor fuels excise taxes, boutique fuel requirements, and credit card swipe fees which remain the highest expense after labor for gas station owners.

Rob Underwood
President
Energy Marketers of America

10/17/2021

09/03/2021

Thank you to Central Pennsylvania Business Journal for covering our recent training facility expansion!

The Pennsylvania Petroleum Association (PPA) finished expansions to its Pennsylvania Petroleum Association Technical Education Center (PPATEC), which it says will help it increase the number of qualified home and business heating and cooling service professionals in the area.

08/27/2021

Special thank you to Senator Scott Martin for participating in our PPATEC ribbon cutting event!

Today I joined Pennsylvania Petroleum Association - PPA to celebrate the expansion of their technical education center in Central, PA. The newly accredited HVAC training center will help address gaps in workforce development for trade workers in Pennsylvania. I look forward to hearing of their future successes!