Liquefied Petroleum Gas Dealers Industry Competitors

Chesapeake Utilities gasses up the Chesapeake Bay, and then some. The company, through its subsidiaries, serves about 33,300 retail propane customers in Delaware, Florida, Maryland, and Virginia. Another subsidiary, Xeron, sells propane at wholesale to distributors, industrial users, and resellers throughout the US....

SHV Holdings is a superheavyweight in Dutch commerce. The firm, which is the largest private company in the Netherlands, has global interests in energy, retail, and raw-material distribution businesses. The company is one of the world's top liquefied petroleum gas companies, and owns German-based metal recycling firm TSR Recycling....

Life really is a gas, gas, gas for Aygaz. One of Turkey's largest energy companies, Aygaz produces liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for domestic and international use. Its domestic unit includes sourcing, storing, and distributing LPG to residential, commercial and industrial customers....

You don't have to travel far to see a Blue Rhino -- the cerulean rhinoceros with a flaming snout is displayed across all 50 states in the US and Puerto Rico. Blue Rhino exchanges propane cylinders (the ones used for gas grills). Customers exchange empty cylinders for prefilled ones at hardware and convenience stores, including Home Depot, Lowe's, Wal-Mart, and Circle K....

E1 is A-1 in LPG supply to Korea. The company provides about half of South Korea's annual liquid propane gas imports. The company purchases LPG from other countries (mainly Saudi Arabia) and stores it in two domestic terminals. LPG products are then distributed nationally to gas stations, bottling stations, gas retailers, industrial users, and residential users....

Inergy Holdings is committed to putting all its energy into managing Inergy, L.P. This operating company retails about 362.2 million gallons of propane a year and wholesales 383.9 million gallons under such names as Bradley Propane, Country Gas, Direct Propane, Hoosier Propane, Independent Propane, McCracken, Pro Gas, and Star Gas Propane....

Panva Gas Holdings supplies liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and natural gas to customers across China. Founded in 1998, the company delivers 400,000 metric tons of LPG per year. Through subsidiary Pan River Investments, the company established 51 joint ventures in 12 provinces throughout the country, serving more than 3 million families....

Although Rubis' business is all about containment, business is expanding. The company has grown to be one of the largest bulk liquid storage operators in France. Through its Rubis Terminal unit, the company stores chemicals, fertilizers, agriculture products, oil and gas, and waste materials....

SK Gas is South Korea's leading importer of liquid propane gas (LPG). Fulfilling more than 50% of the nation's LPG demand, SK Gas supplies large petrochemical refiners, pulp and paper mills, ceramics makers, and city utilities. It also runs about 250 filling stations nationwide (and about 20 in China) serving household, commercial, and automotive customers and sells gas appliances like heaters and water heaters....

Transportadora de Gas del Sur (TGS), transports natural gas down south, in Argentina. The company delivers about 60% of natural gas used in Argentina through the nation's largest pipeline system (4,610 miles). Formerly state-run, TGS holds an exclusive license to transport gas from southern and western Argentina to distributors nearby and Buenos Aires....

America has a gas with AmeriGas Partners. Purveying propane has propelled the company to its position as one of the top two US retail propane marketers (rivaling Ferrellgas for the #1 slot). It serves 1.3 million residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, motor fuel, and wholesale customers from about 650 locations in 46 states....

New Yorkers may have a reputation for cold shoulders, but you can't blame Castle Oil, the largest independent heating oil distribution outfit in the New York metropolitan area. The company predominantly delivers heating oil to around 10,000 commercial, industrial, and real estate development customers through a fleet of more than 100 vehicles; it also provides homeowner delivery....

Ferrellgas Partners' flame is burning brightly as the second-largest US retail marketer of propane, behind AmeriGas. The company sells 805 million gallons of propane a year to more than 1 million industrial, commercial, and agricultural customers in 50 states, primarily in the Midwest and the Southeast....

Inergy has put its energy into acquiring propane companies (more than 60 purchases since its founding in 1996). The company retails about 362 million gallons of propane a year and wholesales about 384 million gallons under such names as Bradley Propane, Country Gas, Direct Propane, Hoosier Propane, Independent Propane, McCracken, Pro Gas, and Star Gas Propane....

In the big picture Largo Vista buys and resells liquid petroleum gas (LPG) in China. The company conducts its operations through strategic partnerships with Chinese companies Zunyi Shilin Xinmao Petrochemical Industries and Jiahong Gas. It purchases and resells LPG in the retail and wholesale markets to both residential and commercial customers in the city of Zunyi, in Guizhou Province....

Ranch-style homes are heated and backyard barbecues fueled by Suburban Propane Partners, a leading US retail propane marketer. The company ranks #3 behind AmeriGas and Ferrellgas. With more than 300 service centers in 30 states, Suburban Propane serves 1 million retail customers....

Superior Plus Income Fund supplies the materials for shelter and heat in North America through its four divisions. Superior Propane distributes propane and provides related services and products to clients across Canada through some 170 locations. Winroc, which has about 40 branches in Canada and the US, offers construction products to the walls and ceilings industry....

UGI passes along gas and turns on power for the citizens of Pennsylvania. The company distributes propane and butane across the US and abroad. It also provides natural gas and electricity to customers in eastern Pennsylvania. UGI's 44%-owned propane distributor, AmeriGas Partners, makes up most of the holding company's sales and is one of the top two US propane marketers (along with Ferrellgas)....

Ultrapar's strategy goes well beyond breaking even in Brazil. Holding company Ultrapar Participações' subsidiaries distribute liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), through subsidiray Ultragaz, refine and market petroleum products (through Companhia Brasileira de Petróleo Ipiranga), produce chemicals and petrochemicals, and provide storage- and transportation-related products....