Focus on Fuel Control Blog

OPW Fuel Management Systems regularly introduces new or updated educational resources. Here’s a sampling of our newest offerings.

OPW Fuel Management Systems is pleased to announce several promotions and additions to the team.

OPW-Fuel Management Systems opened its doors this fall to warmly welcome almost 100 distributors and channel partners for an open house at its manufacturing facility just outside of Chicago, IL.

What’s new at FMS? If the PEI show in Chicago is any indication, quite a lot. OPW introduced one new Tank Monitoring product, three new Fuel Control products and unveiled its new PV Family of Fuel Control Solutions at the convention.

Earlier this year, OPW Fuel Management Systems began laying the foundation for a refreshed line of Fuel Control products. Over the past few months, the FMS team has been working hard to bring the new vision into focus. The result is the new PV Family of Fuel Control Solutions that provides a full spectrum of fuel control capabilities to commercial applications through a unified product line.

OPW Fuel Management Systems (OPW FMS) kicked 2017 off with a very strong showing at many industry conventions, where OPW FMS introduced several new products to distributors and end-users alike.

A refreshed Fuel Control product line is beginning to emerge at OPW Fuel Management Systems (OPW FMS). Learn more about new fuel island terminal, software, communications technology offerings and more.

In an article published on Government Fleet’s website, FMS Domestic Sales Manager Bobby Hayes advises fleet managers about how to maximize their investments in fuel control equipment by developing a long-term equipment acquisition strategy. In the article, he makes three key recommendations.

The fuel industry is continuously evolving, and Dover, OPW and OPW Fuel Management Systems (OPW FMS) are no exception. In December, Dover formed a new Dover Fueling Solutions organization to be led by David Crouse, who formerly held the post of OPW president. In March, Kevin Long was named the new OPW president. OPW FMS also completed several new hires and promotions recently.

OPW Fuel Management Systems regularly introduces new or updated educational resources. Here’s a sampling of our newest videos, web pages and manuals.

Simple Energy installed an integrated line of fuel control and tank monitoring equipment from OPW that helped eliminate the heating company’s dependence on third-party fuel suppliers. “The cost-savings of what we are doing on a day-to-day basis is enormous. We are getting a better than-expected return on our investment,” said Simple Energy’s Rob Stenger. Learn more in OPW's case study.

Water has long been the enemy of fuel. What many commercial and retail fuel site operators don’t realize, though, is that with the introduction of fuels with increased ethanol content, water intrusion has become an even more vexing quality control issue. Learn how OPW’s Aqueous Ethanol Float Sensor provides leading detection of in-tank phase separation.

Comprehensive site reconciliation that accounts for all fuel being pumped into and out of tanks is critical to achieving true fuel control. Without it, site operators lack timely visibility of common inventory problems including theft, fraud, leaks, meter drift, short deliveries and gray loads, all of which cause variance in fuel inventory. Difficult to detect, these unaccounted fuel losses have the potential to devastate a fuel manager’s bottom line. This article discusses how a technology-driven reconciliation solution can help fuel sites significantly minimize unaccounted losses.

Fleet management is a big job in and of itself. An even bigger job? Fleet management funded by taxpayer dollars. Government fleet managers who operate in the public sector — whether they are at the federal, state, county, or local level — have a responsibility to ensure that fuel resources are being used responsibly and managed efficiently. However, this represents an ongoing government fleet management challenge, due to the widespread opportunity for fuel theft and reporting errors.