LP Gas, May 2010
I N F R A S T R U C T U R E Continued from page 28 gallons to 156 million according to the study The tax incentives expired in 2008 In order to reach the goal of 143 yearly turns Whitley says the industry still needs substantial investment in secondary storage capacity in the four regions facing the greatest shortfall Using 2008 sales and storage data he says The Indiana Illinois Kentucky Tennessee Michigan and Ohio region needs another 33 million gallons of storage The Delaware D C Maryland New Jersey New York and Pennsylvania region needs an additional 233 million The New England region needs 124 million more gallons Another 248 million gallons are needed on the West Coast Nationwide the industry has almost TOTAL PROPANE DEMAND SHARES BY REGION 107 billion gallons of storage capacity About 5 billion of that is primary storage at the producer wholesale level Four billion are located in the Gulf region where 65 percent of U S propane Purvin Gertz Inc is produced see charts pages 24 31 Customer tanks account for another 44 billion gallons Dealer bulk plants and rolling capacity transports railcars and bobtails evenly split the 30 LPGas May 2010 www LPGasmagazine com
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