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Ten Reasons why Warren Rogers and the fuelWRAp monitoring solution are the optimal choices in the industry!

By |January 23rd, 2025|Categories: Uncategorized||0 Comments

 

🔟 Reasons why Warren Rogers and the fuelWRAp monitoring solution are the optimal choices in the industry for high-throughput and multi-location travel center and c-store operators!

Warren Rogers’ FuelWRAp system is a sophisticated fuel management and monitoring solution tailored for retail petroleum operators, including travel centers. Here are the key advantages of the FuelWRAp system:

1. Real-Time Monitoring
Provides continuous, real-time monitoring of underground storage tanks (USTs) and fuel inventory levels. Alerts operators to anomalies like fuel losses, potential theft, or leaks.

2. Accurate Fuel Inventory Management
Utilizes advanced analytics to reconcile fuel deliveries, sales, and tank levels.
Helps minimize shrinkage and ensures accurate inventory tracking.

3. Enhanced Leak Detection
Offers precise, ATG-based leak detection testing that meets or exceeds regulatory standards. Ensures early identification of potential leaks, reducing environmental and financial risks.

4. Regulatory Compliance
Simplifies compliance with federal, state, and local environmental regulations. Maintains detailed logs and reports required for audits and inspections.

5. Cloud-Based Analytics
Allows operators to access data remotely via a secure, cloud-based platform.
Facilitates better decision-making with easy-to-read dashboards and actionable insights.

6. Operational Efficiency
Automates time-consuming tasks, such as reconciliation and maintenance diagnostics. Reduces manual intervention, freeing up staff to focus on customer-facing operations.

7. Cost Savings
Reduces fuel losses, downtime, and maintenance costs by proactively identifying issues. Improves efficiency, ultimately contributing to higher profitability.

8. Customizable Alerts
Sends customizable alerts and notifications for critical events like low fuel levels, failed deliveries, or equipment malfunctions. Ensures operators can address issues promptly.

9. Secure Data Handling
Offers PCI-compliant and secure data storage, protecting sensitive information. Enhances data reliability and reduces the risk of cyber threats.

10. Proven Industry Adoption
Trusted by major c-store retailers and travel center operators for its reliability and advanced features. Demonstrated success in optimizing fuel management and ensuring compliance.

Warren Rogers’ FuelWRAp system provides a comprehensive, efficient, and […]

UST Fuel Leaks versus Loss Explained!

By |January 22nd, 2025|Categories: Uncategorized||0 Comments

At Warren Rogers, a company specializing in fuel management and monitoring, fuel leaks and fuel losses are distinct terms with different implications:

1. Fuel Leaks

Definition: A fuel leak occurs when fuel escapes from a tank, pipe, or any part of the storage and dispensing system due to damage, corrosion, or system failure.
Detection: Leaks are usually detected through advanced leak detection systems, such as precision tank tests or continuous statistical leak detection (CSLD), which Warren Rogers often provides.
Implications:

Environmental and regulatory concerns due to potential contamination.
Requires immediate action to mitigate environmental damage and comply with regulatory requirements.
Typically localized to the infrastructure where the breach occurs.

2. Fuel Losses

Definition: Fuel loss refers to a discrepancy between the recorded amount of fuel delivered, stored, or dispensed and the actual amount. It may not always result from physical leaks.
Causes:

Operational issues: Over-dispensing, theft, or calibration errors.
Accounting errors: Inaccurate reconciliation of fuel deliveries and sales.
Evaporation: Loss of fuel due to vaporization, especially for volatile fuels like gasoline.

Detection: Detected through fuel inventory management systems, which track and analyze discrepancies over time.
Implications:

May not pose immediate environmental risks but can significantly impact profitability.
Requires investigation into operational processes or equipment calibration.

Summary
While both fuel leaks and fuel losses involve discrepancies in the fuel system, leaks are a physical escape of fuel with environmental and regulatory consequences, whereas losses often involve operational or accounting discrepancies affecting inventory and financials. Warren Rogers’ systems aim to differentiate and address these issues through advanced monitoring and analytics.

Where is my product going? The cost of unknown fuel loss versus leak detection.

By |December 17th, 2024|Categories: Uncategorized||0 Comments

GREAT! No fuel leaks! Then where is my product going?

Today’s underground fuel storage regulations are quite stringent for all the right reasons! No fuel operator wants to pollute the environment, primarily due to the high financial impact, out-of-control insurance costs, and it’s just plain bad for business and the local communities where they operate!

If you have recently built, or plan to build a new fuel station or travel center, you understand the costs of the latest technology required to do so. From high-tech tank, sump, and dispenser probes, advanced tank monitors, added sensor requirements, and complex tank, fill, and sump designs to allow for sensor monitoring, the cost of construction adds up quickly. These are all great new features that have reduced the amount of underground storage tanks, lines, and dispenser leaks dramatically.

The latest leak detection methods work very well, but several variables remain that negatively impact your fuel inventories. This impact can be as high as 1-2% of sales revenue. The common reaction from fuel operators is “All my tanks and lines are tight, but I am still losing product. Where the heck is my product going?”

The chart below reflects the advantages and disadvantages of each method of leak detection, including sensors, interstitial monitor, SIR, BIR, and ATG-based line and tank testing. The latest technology is very good at detecting and alerting the operator when leaks or sudden, catastrophic losses are suspected but they do very little to address the other costly areas of fuel loss.

Such fuel inventory variances, or suspected losses, can lead to numerous reactions by the operator, including expensive on-site testing, unnecessary upgrades in equipment, site downtime, and loss of business and profitability. Often, the investigation shows no findings and […]

The Trouble with TruckStops and other high-throughput Fueling Locations!

By |September 19th, 2024|Categories: Uncategorized||0 Comments

Newsletter Link: Leak Detection Challenges and CITLDS vs Continual Reconciliation

A great newsletter regarding the challenges with managing leak and loss detection at a high-throughput travel center, truck stop, or convenience store.

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What is CITLDS Leak Detection All About?

By |September 19th, 2024|Categories: Uncategorized||0 Comments

Continual Reconciliation Applications for Active Fueling Facilities

By |September 19th, 2024|Categories: Uncategorized||0 Comments

by William Jones, Warren Rogers Associates

Printable Copy: The Advantages of Continual Reconciliation on Fuel Profitability

While the population of regulated USTs has dropped dramatically since storage tank rules were first published in 1988, there has been a major trend in the retail petroleum industry toward the development of high-throughput fueling facilities. Hypermarket fueling stations with customers at each dispenser, convenience stores active at all hours of the day, and travel centers with delivery transports lined up to make their drops are now a common sight. The fueling public is drawn to these facilities because of their competitive fuel prices. The business model that supports these complex operations relies upon moving large amounts of fuel products on thin margins.

Naturally, operation of these high-tempo sites imposes wear and tear on fueling equipment. From a leak-detection standpoint, the concern is whether product containment has been compromised in the face of all this activity. From a business perspective, costly fuel inventory losses can take place at active sites because of problems with meters drifting out of calibration or improper blending ratios, theft at the dispenser or upon delivery, or the effects of temperature fluctuations. Many companies with high-volume sites have realized that the best way to manage their complex operations is to rely upon precise measurements of fuel inventory. Warren Rogers Associates (WRA) has worked with operators of such sites to develop a Continual Reconciliation System to enable them to manage their leak-detection requirements and all of the complex transactions and fueling equipment at high-throughput facilities where problems with fuel inventory shrinkage are endemic.
Figure 1
The Continual Reconciliation System
As shown in Figure 1, the Continual Reconciliation System uses a processor (“OSP”) installed at each facility to acquire data from automatic […]

Warren Rogers Precision Fuel System Diagnostics to Release Latest Innovations at the 2024 NACS/PEI Show, October 7-10, 2024, in Las Vegas

By |August 29th, 2024|Categories: Uncategorized||0 Comments

PRESS RELEASE

fuelWrap Enhancements Help Automate and Track Manual Tasks, Improve Efficiency

 MIDDLETOWN, R.I. — (Aug 29, 2024) Warren Rogers is proud to introduce several new enhancements to their innovative fuelWRAp dashboard during the 2024 NACS/PEI Show, October 7-10, Las Vegas, NV. Attendees can review the new tools at Booth C6959, Fuel Services and Equipment Section, throughout trade show hours or during networking events.

In addition to the robust tools already available with the real-time fuelWRAp dashboard, Warren Rogers has added several new enhancements, including Task Tracking, Document Management, and Store Asset Management. Each tool allows current clients and new customers to better-automate the manual tasks related to scheduling maintenance, compliance inspections, various company-related documents, and details regarding store and fuel-related equipment at each location. These tools allow clients to securely track and capture critical information in the security of the Warren Rogers’ cloud. In addition, clients can allow company users permission to access and share this critical information as needed. Learn more about our new task tracking and file management tools here. For details on fuelWRAp Asset Management, click here.

William Jones, president and CEO of Warren Rogers added, “We continue to improve our technology and offer innovations that our customers need. These new enhancements, related to task and document management, allow our clients to consolidate many of the manual functions that they are currently performing on our fuelWRAp dashboard. Fortunately, our fuelWRAp system is highly scalable, so we’ll be able to continue to support them with all their leak detection, task and document management, compliance and fuel monitoring needs, now and into the future.”

Using fuelWRAp, travel center and conventional convenience store support staff can minimize their time spent each day identifying and addressing issues such as […]

Woodman’s Markets Selects Warren Rogers for Fuel System Compliance, Wet-Stock Management & Forecourt Diagnostic Services

By |July 9th, 2024|Categories: Uncategorized||0 Comments

 

PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release

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Woodman’s Markets Selects Warren Rogers for Fuel System Compliance,
Wet-Stock Management & Forecourt Diagnostic Services
 MIDDLETOWN, R.I. — (July 07, 2024) Woodman’s Markets, a major Midwest supermarket, convenience store, vehicle care, and car wash retailer, with 19 locations throughout Wisconsin and Illinois, has selected Warren Rogers Precision Fuel System Diagnostics as their provider of fuel system compliance, wet-stock management, and forecourt diagnostics.

Woodman’s Markets (www.woodmans-food.com) will utilize the Warren Rogers fuelWRAp system, which uses real-time data and leverages the flexibility and smart analytics of the cloud to help fuel retailers continuously track every drop of precious fuel inventory — as it makes its way to their sites, enters the tank, flows through each fuel line, and reaches the meter — even at the most complex, high-throughput sites. In addition, Warren Rogers will provide customized auditing and operational reports along with the compliance documentation required to meet all state and federal regulations.

“When it comes to fuel management and compliance, Warren Rogers has such a great reputation for reliability, efficiency and precision,” said Nick Popp, director of store development at Woodman’s Markets, Janesville, Wisconsin. “Their extensive background and expertise, combined with their fuelWRAp real-time system made this the ideal choice for us, especially as it relates to technology improvements and positioning ourselves for future growth.”

William Jones, president and CEO of Warren Rogers added, “We’re delighted that Woodman’s has selected us as their service partner. Their long history and dedication to providing superior products and services in Wisconsin and Illinois are truly impressive. We’re excited about working with Woodman’s as they continue to grow. Fortunately, the fuelWRAp system is highly scalable, so we’ll […]

Speedier Forecourts Can Pay Quick Dividends for Customers, Capital programs, and the Bottom-line

By |June 6th, 2024|Categories: Uncategorized||0 Comments

Fuel operators are under constant pressure every day to make the right decisions related to the operation of their stores……Improve foodservice, build more and larger stores, upgrade equipment, remodel stores, add EV, and much more. However, there are some areas of the business where improvement can occur with minimal capital outlay while increasing the efficiency of your current fuel forecourts. These benefits also pay off in the areas of increased customer satisfaction and bottom-line profitability.

Often, fuel operators upgrade dispensers and tank monitors and build larger locations when increasing the efficiency at their current locations could be a more cost-effective solution. Optimizing the equipment at current locations can be both a short-term and long-term solution to overall company health.

Some areas to focus on for immediate benefit and ROI are:

Dispenser flow rate optimization
Targeted dispenser filter changes and maintenance
Dispenser downtime monitoring
Fuel system STP and manifold performance

Dispenser flow rates can only be improved if you have technology in place to accurately measure your transactions. The days of using stopwatches and once-a-year flow checks during meter calibrations should be far behind us. Many monitoring solutions today offer transactional flow rates; however, the key is the curation of the data before acting. Transactional flow rates can be all over-the-board when you review numerous single transactions in real-time. Curation is key and can be performed by more-robust monitoring solutions. The review of dozens or hundreds of transactions can truly indicate when slowing flow is occurring or a sub-par low maximum flow rate is taking place.

The customer and financial benefits come with targeted filter changes, discovering slowing flow before it becomes noticeable to the customer, and lowering your on-site maintenance and filter costs. Today, when a store manager […]

Archives: Warren Rogers Awarded U.S. Patent for Real-Time Fuel Loss Alerting

By |April 11th, 2024|Categories: Uncategorized||0 Comments

Warren Rogers Awarded U.S. Patent for Real-Time Fuel Loss Alerting and will Feature its Continual Inventory Reconciliation System at PEI/NACS Show

Posted by Fuels Market News | October 1, 2014

Warren Rogers Associates will feature its continuous fuel monitoring system that provides in-depth analysis, a superior level of accuracy and customized reporting, in booth 6005 at the PEI Convention and National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) trade show , Oct. 7 – 10 in Las Vegas, Nev. They will demonstrate the system which employs Continual Inventory Reconciliation Analysis (CIRA), and real-time reporting.

The Warren Rogers System is ideal for multi-site fuel retailers that sell high volumes of fuel including convenience store chains, supermarkets and hypermarkets, as well as travel centers and truck stops.
The latest iteration of the Warren Rogers system features patented (US Patent 8666683) methods and equipment including an on-site processor that can detect and alert the customer to a line leak or fuel dispenser theft while a pressurized piping system is in flow. Depending on the configuration of the system, it can also be used as a control device to rapidly shut down fuel flow if such problems occur. According to the company, they developed this patented technology to provide customers with a greater level of control and enable them to act rapidly and prevent loss.

According to Bill Jones, president and CEO of Warren Rogers, “There are so many factors that can affect a fuel retailer’s efficiency and profitability these days. Theft, delivery shortages, inaccurate meter calibration, equipment tampering, equipment failure, are all real concerns and our customers want to know about issues as soon as possible, not at the end of the day or at the end of the week. Our hardware and software, coupled with our expert staff, aims to provide the most accurate and complete picture of a customer’s fuel operation.” He adds, “We take […]