In part, the growth of no-name gas is due to the fact that major oil companies are pulling back from retail.
In place of our heavy-duty gas stove, big-name pots and pans and enormous refrigerator, we now find ourselves using Barbie-size sinks, bar fridges and some pretty sketchy cookware.
He now buys gas on the spot market and sells it under the name Hollin Hall Automotive.
The legacy ConocoPhillips will keep its name, its Houston headquarters and its oil and gas fields.
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Fragmentation and divestiture seems to be the name of the game among big integrated oil and gas names.
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Praxair (PX), not a household name but it is the largest producer of industrial gas in both North America and South America.
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"Africa's rich in gas, minerals, oil, gold, platinum, you name it, " says Ettore Poggi, managing director of South Africa for ExecuJet Aviation Group, which offers services including corporate aircraft charter, mangement and maintenance.
Do you remember the "excise tax" on IRA distributions? (Such a wonderfully Orwellian name--as if Congress were taxing furs or gas guzzlers.) It was in effect between 1987 and 1996.
That's the name for the massive collective that turned brown coal (lignite) into gas.
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The parents of a toddler who died in a gas blast that destroyed eight houses in Greater Manchester have set up a charity in his name as they try to make "something good out of something so bad".
Much like small-cap stocks (which suffer from a lack of brand name, too), emerging market and foreign developed country stocks can give your portfolio the extra gas it needs.
Now, it's true that amazing gains are being made in the efficiency of internal combustion engines, both gas and diesel: direct injection, cylinder deactivation, stop-start, eco-mode throttle mapping, to name a few of the recent applied technologies.
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