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It's hard to believe that it was just over a month ago that Hurricane Harvey's devastating effects resulted in widespread shutdowns to key Gulf Coast refineries and energy infrastructure. Yet, while some of the country experienced gas shortages, Pennsylvania did not.

On Wednesday, March 22^nd Guttman Energy hosted its 2017 Energy Forum in Canonsburg, PA, the energy epicenter of Pennsylvania.  We’d like to thank our customers and business partners who attended.  For those of you who weren’t able to attend, following are highlights of the presentations delivered by our guest speakers.

Several years ago when Guttman Energy undertook the effort of updating our website, we spent a considerable amount of time evaluating what makes our company different from our competitors.  We wanted our website to clearly reflect those differences so that our customers and prospects could see that there is more to a relationship with a fuel distributor than just price.  We identified three areas that we believe make us different: our Experience, our Know-how, and our Market Intelligence.

Late yesterday afternoon, Colonial Pipeline’s gasoline pipeline (Line 1) in Shelby County, Alabama, experienced an explosion and fire when a track hoe hit the line, resulting in the closure of the largest fuel pipeline in the U.S. Reports indicated that five individuals were transported to Birmingham-area hospitals for treatment, and there was one fatality recorded at the scene. In response to the incident Colonial also closed its main distillate line (Line 2).