Almost As Good As The Bakken Oil Express Video -- The Chinese Coming To America To Fuel Our Trucks

A huge "thank you" to a reader for alerting me to the story. This is another big story. 

Reuters is reporting:

ENN Group Co Ltd, one of China's largest private companies, is quietly rolling out plans to establish a network of natural gas fueling stations for trucks along U.S. highways. 

With plans to build 50 stations this year alone, ENN joins a small but formidable group of players -- including Clean Energy Fuels Corp and Royal Dutch Shell Plc -- in an aggressive push to develop an infrastructure for heavy-duty trucks fueled by cheap and abundant natural gas.

Clean Energy is backed by T. Boone Pickens and Chesapeake Energy Corp. The move is yet another example of China's ambition to grab a piece of the U.S. shale gas boom.

Just last month, Sinopec Group said it would pay $1 billion for some of Chesapeake's oil and gas properties in the Mississippi Lime shale.

The natural gas bounty is also expected to help wean the U.S. transport industry off its dependence on diesel fuel made from imported crude oil, and the trucking industry is in a big push to use more of the domestically produced fuel.

Go to the link for a great photo.

I had trouble understanding the reason that "China" bought natural-gas heavy shale in America. It certainly makes sense now, doesn't it.

And who is going to use that natural gas? FedEx, for one. MSNMoney is reporting:

FedEx CEO Frederick W. Smith said he expects up to 30% of long-distance trucks to be powered by liquified (LNG) or compressed natural gas (CNG) over the next 10 years.

While there is ample research to show that the use of natural gas in transportation can reduce carbon emissions significantly, the high costs associated with these vehicles and relative scarcity of fueling stations have hindered their adoption up to now.

Here, we take a look at the key factors expected to drive adoption rates of CNG/LNG vehicles in the transportation industry over our forecast period. This trend is expected to improve EBITDA margins for the FedEx Ground segment, which makes up more than 67% of Trefis' current price estimate for the stock.

This story was also sent by the same reader, as the ENN story above.

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