Encana Corp.’s Encana Natural Gas Inc. has opened what it says is the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueling station in Louisiana. Located at The Relay Station in Frierson, the facility will serve the fueling needs of heavy-duty truck fleets.

It also is open for public use to those with an LNG vehicle and proper safety training and will be accepting all major credit cards. The station is currently being utilized by Heckmann Water Resources (HWR), an Encana partner in water sustainability in the gas industry.

HWR recently ordered 200 LNG big-rig trucks, 50 of which have been deployed to date (see Daily GPI, April 6, 2011). California-based Heckmann Corp., parent company of HWR, provides water management services to Encana and other producers in the Haynesville Shale.

Encana also recently secured a contract with AGL Resources Inc.’s Pivotal LNG that enables Encana to provide LNG to consumers and will create further opportunities for natural gas use in the transportation sector.

Next door in Texas LNG-fueled trucking is taking hold in the energy patch as well. Green Energy, founded last year in Fairfield, TX, is rolling out a fleet of LNG-fueled tractor trailer rigs to serve energy customers (see Daily GPI, Feb. 7).

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