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Fuel’s Gold
Owner-operators find big money and good schedules working the oil and gas services boom.
July 2, 2012
Channel 19
Leaving long-haul: Operators migrate to oil/gas
I talked to a pair of recently former team owner-operators late last week who, like owner-operator Mike Mace, leased to Reed Trucking, have truly rediscovered their old love of trucking — in this case as company drivers in service operations surrounding new natural gas wells enabled by hydraulic fracturing technology. The strong demand for capacity in […]
May 29, 2012
Business
Pilot Flying J to acquire fuel supplier
Pilot Flying J announced Feb. 23 it will acquire Western Petroleum LLC, a Utah-based company that supplies about 200 million gallons of fuel and lubricants annually to the oil and gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing industries. Western Petroleum delivers to drilling operations in Rocky Mountain, Plains and southern states. The company has about 500 employees […]
February 24, 2012
Business
LogBook
Apnea proposals could disqualify drivers, cell phone ban begins, Senate bill would mandate EOBRs, third Mexican carrier completes audit and more industry news items are featured.
January 1, 2012
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