ENRG Expands Natural Gas Vehicle Fueling Services Along West Coast; New Stations Serve Varied Fleet Markets
SEAL BEACH, Calif.--April 3, 2002--ENRG, North America's leader in clean transportation, has opened or contracted several compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicle fueling stations along the West Coast, increasing the availability of natural gas vehicle fuel in certain markets and initiating services in others."Opening new fueling stations, both for current customers and under new master contracts, is a core part of our strategy to grow ENRG into a nationwide enterprise," said Andrew J. Littlefair, president and CEO of ENRG. "We plan to continue capturing these opportunities as we extend ENRG's services for natural gas vehicle customers to more markets."
New or expanded fueling sites include:
| -- | Seattle-Tacoma International Airport -- Slated to become the first large-scale public access natural gas fueling station in the state of Washington, the new 24-hour-access facility on the south side of the airport will serve terminal buses, shared-ride operators and taxis, among other vehicles. Opening is scheduled for late Summer 2002. |
| -- | Olympian Oil -- This station on Potrero Hill near PacBell Park |
| -- | ENRG's first CNG station in the San Francisco Bay Area -- serves taxis, SuperShuttle vans, San Francisco Muni buses and portions of the City and County of San Francisco natural gas vehicle fleet. |
| -- | Norcal LNG Station -- At Brisbane in southern San Francisco County, ENRG has opened a dedicated LNG (liquefied natural gas) fueling station for Norcal Waste Systems, Inc., the largest private refuse hauler in California and fifth largest in the nation. ENRG imports the LNG from a processing facility in Evanston, Wyoming. |
| -- | Oakland International Airport -- The new 24-hour public access CNG station on airport property serves a mix of vehicles, ranging from taxis (50% of which are mandated to be natural gas vehicles), shared-ride operators, terminal buses shuttling airport employees to and from offsite parking and travelers to rental car terminals, and a portion of the Port of Oakland's light-duty fleet. |
| -- | Pasadena Station -- ENRG has partnered with SoCalGas on a 24-hour access station at the gas company facility in East Pasadena near the 210 Freeway. The station supports taxis, shuttle vans and portions of the local municipal fleet. Opening is scheduled for late Summer 2002. |
| -- | ARCO Garden Grove -- Off Highway 22 near Disneyland and Anaheim Stadium, this station will primarily serve taxis and hotel shuttle vans operating in the Anaheim area. Opening is scheduled for Summer 2002. |
| -- | Palm Springs International Airport -- ENRG's station at the airport has increased fueling services to accommodate 50 new CNG taxis operating in the Coachella Valley through a financing program enabled by ENRG and its partner, SunLine Transit Agency, together with the US Department of Energy, the South Coast Air Quality Management District, the California Energy Commission, Ford Motor Company, the Southern California Gas Company and First Community Bank of Palm Springs. |
| -- | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport -- The new Eastside Sky Harbor station complements ENRG's Westside airport station, which has been the largest volume station in the ENRG system. The company expects to sell more than two million gallons of fuel in 2002. |
| -- | Tucson International Airport -- This is the first public access natural gas fueling station in Tucson, Arizona. It will serve shuttle vans and taxis serving the airport, shuttle vans operating between Tucson and Phoenix, and public customers. Opening is scheduled for early Summer 2002. |
ENRG is the largest provider of vehicular natural gas (CNG and LNG) and related services in North America. It now has a broad customer base that includes refuse, transit, shuttle, taxi, police, intrastate and interstate trucking, airport and municipal fleet markets with over 25,000 private and public fleet vehicles fueling at over 90 locations in California, Arizona, Vancouver and Toronto. Customers range from Los Angeles International Airport and Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, to SuperShuttle, Sunline Transit and Waste Management, to MTDB of San Diego and the US Navy. The company also has an agreement with Ford Motor Company to help market alternative fuel vehicles. ENRG was formed in June 2001 through the combination of certain assets and interests of Pickens Fuel Corp. (a private company owned by Boone Pickens), BCG eFuels, Inc. (owned by BC Gas Inc., TSE:BCG) and Westport Innovations Inc. of Vancouver, British Columbia . Company information is available at www.enrgfuel.com