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StealthGas sees steady LPG demand (Fairplay)
INCOME rose for the second quarter at liquid petroleum gas carrier operator StealthGas. The company said the results derived from fleet growth, higher rates and “secure and steady progress through conservative employment”.

AutoWired - Automotive news and information. Live (AutoWired)
LPG is booming - that's the word from both car dealers and LPG convertors, according to Car Dealer Magazine.

Gas cylinders threat during fire (BBC News)
Firefighters try to stop gas canisters exploding in a blaze at a workshop in Herefordshire.

AUSTRALIA: Holden builds Job #7m (just-auto)
General Motors' Australian unit Holden has built its seven millionth vehicle in the year it is celebrating its the brand's 60th anniversary.

Staying in control of rising poultry production costs FWi (Farmers Weekly Interactive)
"If the price of oil goes up it knocks onto everything else. Rising prices of gas, which is used for electricity production, results in higher electricity prices, too," he adds. "It's all inextricably linked."

BW Gas turns down ship offers (Fairplay)
BW GAS has rejected offers for its LPG ships and agreed with its partner Exmar to terminate their pooling accord. The BW board has “decided not to respond positively to any of the offers received”, the liquefied petroleum gas and LNG carrier company, headquartered in Oslo, said in a statement.

Tough at top as prices plummet (AM Online)
With the exception of petrol city cars, values for all sectors are under increasing pressure but larger, high-value cars have suffered the most. Across 11 sectors, petrol has fallen more than diesel in six, mostly in family cars (MPV, mini-MPV and upper/lower medium).

Motorists queue for fuel conversion (Scotland on Sunday)
THE rocketing price of petrol and diesel has prompted a huge increase in the number of motorists converting their cars to run on cheap LPG fuel, Scotland on Sunday can reveal.

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-08-05 08:46 UPDATE 1-Norway shipper BW Gas receives bid for LPG fleet (Interactive Investor)
OSLO, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Norwegian shipper BW Gas Limited said on Tuesday that it had received "conditional price indications" for its LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) fleet of about 40 ships from interested buyers. Shares in BW Gas jumped on the announcement, and were up 10.43 percent to 58.25 crowns by 0725 GMT, valuing the group at about 7.18 billion Norwegian crowns ($1.40 billion). An analyst ...

Chelsea tractors 'worthless' as price of second-hand cars plunges 12% (Daily Mail)
Dealers are refusing to take 'worthless' gas-guzzling 4x4s in part exchange amid plummeting values for secondhand cars.