Propane Canada

PROPANE CANADA is published six times a year: (November/December; January/February; March/April; May/June; July/August; September/October). The book is edited for the Canadian LP Gas industry and devotes its entire energies to the promotion and well-being of this segment of the oil and gas marketplace.

06 COLUMN

• Will Ransomware Companies Attack Propane Companies in 2023?

• Online Customer Portal ROI: A Look Behind the Numbers

10 2023 FORECAST

• More & Less: Oil & Gas Companies Face 2023 Challenge

12 BANS

• Today They’re Coming for Gas Stoves Tomorrow for Your Propane Appliances

• New York Gov. Hochul to Ban Gas Heating in New Homes, Buildings Constructed in Next Few Years – Will Propane Heating Face Bans Too?

• Vancouver BC City Council Approved By-Law Requiring Zero Emission Space & Water Heating for All Residential Buildings Three Storeys & Under – Jan 1, 2023

20 EXPLOSION

• Three Missing After Explosion at Quebec’s Propane Lafortune

22 AUTOGAS

28 SCIENCE NEWS

30 CALENDAR OF EVENTS/AD INDEX

Front Cover

A year ago, when oil and gas companies peered into 2022, there was only an inkling Russia was considering a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. By February 24, as the first troops crossed into Ukrainian territory, many of the presumptions the industry had made for the year were in tatters. Despite the media hype that fossil fuels were merely something of a burdensome irrelevance at best, or at worst, an active cause of environmental catastrophe, hydrocarbon producers found themselves in huge demand.