Retail Supplier Partners with Xpress Natural Gas to Offer Natural Gas to Off-Pipeline Customers

Xpress Natural Gas announced plans to partner with Hess Energy Marketing, which was recently acquired by Direct Energy Business, to deliver compressed natural gas (CNG) to off-pipeline industrial and commercial businesses and institutions in the State of New York.

The partnership was said to bring together the largest marketer of natural gas in the Eastern United States (Direct Energy Business) and the largest provider of trucked natural gas for industrial and commercial use in the United States (Xpress Natural Gas).

The companies are currently working together to develop a compressed natural gas production facility and distribution terminal in eastern upstate New York. That facility is currently undergoing a permit process, and is anticipated to have completed construction and be fully operational by September 2014.

"With our recent acquisition of Hess Energy Marketing, we are uniquely positioned to combine our resources with companies such as XNG to create a stand out dual fuel business in the United States," said Maura Clark, president of Direct Energy Business.

XNG operates the largest fleet of high-capacity all-composite CNG trailers in North America. The company currently offers both LNG and CNG service across New England and New York, with customers ranging from industrial manufacturing to colleges to hospitals to local utilities. XNG also provides service to eastern Canada, and is said to be the only provider both licensed to export trucked CNG by the U.S. Department of Energy, and licensed to import trucked CNG by the National Energy Board of Canada.