Tank Transport - January 2011

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The National Newspaper of the Liquid and Dry Bulk Transportation Industry

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OILFIELD SERVICE, LIQUID WASTE/SEPTIC
Advertise in our New Product Digest Section. See Page 22!

Before acquiring
equipment, study
options carefully

by Leslie Guajardo

(Equipment study continued on page 18)

As billions of dollars in stimulus funds continue to flow to the states for construction of highways, bridges, transit lines, aviation centers and rail projects, more than a few contractors are in a quandary.

Still shell-shocked from the economic carnage of 2008, many contractors know they need to upgrade their equipment to compete, but yet find it difficult to climb out again on a financial limb.

Moreover, they do not know whether they should purchase, lease or rent equipment. That’s long been a source of confusion -- and subject of debate -- for all contractors, but particularly for small and mid-size companies. In the past, before the current economic travails began, there were a few rules of thumb about buying versus leasing. Those rules no longer apply very well. With sources of credit tighter than ever and construction volume rising and falling like the stock market, it’s nearly impossible for contractors to predict the future.

To help with the decision, let’s take a look at a few of the advantages and disadvantages of purchasing, leasing and renting equipment. First let’s look at equipment purchases.

Dairy emissions low,
study shows
Oil-field chemicals in
demand
Cement recovery ‘likely
in 2013’

The U.S. dairy industry has completed a comprehensive study of the carbon footprint associated with the production of a gallon of fluid milk, and the findings validate the results of other studies that have put the associated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of all dairy products at only about 2 percent of total U.S. emissions.

For the study, researchers followed the lifecycle of a gallon of milk -- from the beginning when crops are grown to feed cows, to when milk is produced and delivered to processors, through processing, packaging and distribution and all the way to the

(Dairy emissions continued on page 19)

Following a short-term slump in 2009 due to the global economic crisis, the worldwide oil-field chemicals market is showing positive signs of improvement. The market is forecast to reach $31 billion by the year 2015, according to Global Industry Analysts Inc. (GIAI), a private research firm. Driving the growth is a decline in oil and gas reserves, which is generating more exploration, development and drilling activities in offshore and deep water as well as in developing regions such as Asia Pacific, Latin America and Africa.

Manufacturers are heavily
Due to delays in an extension
of a federal highway bill, cement
consumption will not begin a
significant rebound until 2013,
according to the most recent
economic forecast from the Portland
Cement Association (PCA).

(Oilfield chemicals continued on page 21)

(Cement recovery continued on page 8)

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