* Connecticut - ConocoPhillips to convert trucks to propane
-- ConocoPhillips plans to convert its local fleet of trucks to run on propane produced in the San Juan Basin.
The company will convert 30 of its trucks to the propane-based fuel, called propane autogas, this year and will replace more than 300 of its trucks with vehicles that run on propane in the next five years, according to Jim Lowry, a ConocoPhillips spokesman... Propane is a by-product of domestic oil refining and natural gas processing... The move to switch to the low-carbon-emission fuel came after a successful pilot testing program begun in 2011. Some of ConocoPhillips' trucks were switched to propane and logged thousands of miles on oilfield roads in the state and southwest Colorado...
(Photo by Alexa Rogals/The Daily Times - ConocoPhillips pick-up trucks are seen on May 15 at ConocoPhillips building in Farmington) -- Farmington, CT, USA - The Daily Times, by James Fenton - Jun 1, 2015Labels: clean alternative fuels
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