Quite often gas station owners get asked questions about fluctuating fuel prices by customers. For instance: What causes gasoline prices to increase during summer? Why are fuel prices higher at your gas station than gas stations in other areas? Continue reading
Controlling UST releases and mitigating subsequent environmental contamination risks require a robust prevention and detection plan. In our previous post, we looked at what gas station owners can do to prevent UST releases at their sites. And in today’s post, we’ll be focusing on the other part of the plan— how gas station owners can quickly detect a UST release at their facilities before it spreads and contaminates the surroundings. Continue reading
A typical gas station stores 30,000 to 40,000 gallons of fuel in its underground storage tanks.
Now imagine if there occurs a leak in one of the tanks, and the fuel stored inside the tank is released into the environment…Or an accidental spill occurs…
It could result in a potentially devastating scenario! Continue reading
Hey gas station owners, listen carefully!
Have you heard about the Gas Buddy app?… Yes, the crowdsourced fuel price app that helps motorists locate the cheapest and cleanest fuel retailing facilities in their respective towns?
Well, it’s here with another update! Continue reading
On July 15, 2015, the EPA released updated the UST regulations. These were the first major revisions included in the federal register regarding operating and maintaining UST equipment, since 1988.
But it’s 2018—how does the mention even fit in the current context? Continue reading
The fuel management systems are a technology based that works with any pump-able liquid or gaseous fuel for attended or unattended fueling sites. Read on to know the benefits of an efficient fuel management system for a gas station.
Read what are the secret of beautiful gas stations aournd the world. Continue reading
Why even sell nitrogen at a gas pump, you may ask?
Because there is this new “inflation” wave (quite literally) that has hit some gas stations across the United States… a wave where car owners are inflating their tires with nitrogen gas, instead of air.
Does this sound interesting and?
Then keep reading… Continue reading
Your gas station air compressor works day and night… sitting out in the harshest of weather conditions, serving the longest of deflated queues and breathing in the most polluted of environments. Yet, it hardly ever complains!
Why?
Just so, its owner can earn a decent livelihood.
But do you as the owner, take enough care of it? Continue reading
In today’s unstable and harsh economy, running a gas station is not easy. Profit margins are low, while expenses are just too many.
First, you have the inevitable repairs… a fuel dispenser too old to function, a canopy falling off!
Then you have the pump upgrades. Continue reading
