ST. PAUL, Minn., April 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - CHS Inc. (Nasdaq: CHSCP)
announces it is extending its propane marketing area to include customers
served by three terminals in Indiana, Missouri and Arkansas. CHS markets
under the Cenex(R) energy brand.
Effective April 1, 2005, CHS will market propane out of terminals in
Lebanon, Ind., Dexter, Mo., and West Memphis, Ark., as an extension of its
long-standing marketing agreement with SemStream, LP, its propane supplier.
SemStream of Tulsa, Okla., recently acquired the terminals from Texon LP of
Houston, Texas. With the expansion, CHS now markets propane in 42 states.
"We are pleased to expand our successful marketing arrangement with
SemStream to customers served by these terminals," said Paul Culver, senior
vice president, Propane, for CHS. "This is an excellent opportunity to extend
the benefits of business management tools like our online Propane Control Room
to new customers."
Culver said CHS representatives are currently contacting customers of
those terminals to achieve a smooth transition for their propane business.
CHS Inc. ( http://www.chsinc.com ) is a diversified energy, grains and
foods company committed to providing the essential resources that enrich
lives. A Fortune 500 company, CHS is owned by farmers, ranchers and
cooperatives from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Northwest and from the
Canadian border to Texas, along with thousands of preferred stockholders. CHS
provides products and services ranging from grain marketing to food processing
to meet the needs of customers around the world. It also operates petroleum
refineries/pipelines and, through a broad range of working partnerships,
markets and distributes Cenex(R) brand energy products, along with agronomic
inputs and feed to rural America. CHS is listed on the NASDAQ at CHSCP.
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