MIDLAND, Texas – Stripes Convenience Stores hosted a press conference and ribbon cutting ceremony announcing the new Public Access Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Fueling Facility at Stripes Store #2285 on August 30. 

Though the location has offered CNG fueling for the last year, reports MyWestTexas.com, officials gathered to officially celebrate what Steven DeSutter, president and CEO of Stripes LLC, called the next step in the company's history.

Craig Scotton, senior director of fuel services at Stripes, told NGT News that the facilities were built to "meet the immediate demand being generated by vehicles owned or operated by Apache, and for the long-term anticipated growth that CNG is expected to experience."

"Apache has two bases of operations in Midland — a field operations location with CNG vehicles used in the oil field that is adjacent to our I-20 store, and an office in town very near our Big Spring Rd. store, where they are encouraging their employees to convert their personal vehicles to CNG," Scotton continued.

Learn more about CNG from our panel of fuels experts at the upcoming NACS Show educational session, “Bubbling Up: CNG,” that’s taking place October 14.