MIDLAND, Texas, April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Fuel & Energy Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: UFEN) , a leading distributor of gasoline, diesel, propane and lubricant products to customers in the southwestern and south central U.S. today announced that its management will be presenting at the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) Oil & Gas Investment Symposium to be held in New York City on April 7-9, 2008.
Chuck McArthur, Chief Executive Officer of United Fuel, is scheduled to present on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 10:30 am Eastern Time. The presentation will be broadcast live over the Internet and is expected to last approximately twenty minutes. The webcast link and accompanying slides will be available on the Company's website at http://www.1epic.com/. A replay of the presentation will be archived on the website shortly after the presentation is concluded.
Mr. McArthur will also be attending the Howard Weil Thirty-sixth Annual Energy Conference in New Orleans on Tuesday, April 8 where he will host a breakfast table and attend one-on-one meetings with investors.
About United Fuel & Energy Corporation
United Fuel & Energy, based in Midland, Texas, is engaged in the business of distributing gasoline, diesel, propane and lubricant products primarily in certain markets of Texas, California, New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma. United Fuel represents the consolidation of numerous companies, the most significant of which are the Eddins-Walcher Company and Cardlock Fuels System. United Fuel intends to continue to expand its business through strategic acquisitions and organic growth initiatives.
United Fuel currently engages in the following activities: -- Card-lock operation (unattended re-fueling of commercial vehicles). -- Wholesale fuels and lubricants (to commercial customers). -- Propane distribution (to commercial and residential users).
United Fuel conducts its operations through over 25 branch locations and over 100 card-lock (unattended) fuel sites. For more information, please visit the Company's website at http://www.ufeonline.com/ or to request future press releases via email, go to http://www.b2i.us/irpass.asp?BzID=1318&to=ea&Nav=1&S=0&L=1.
Safe Harbor Statement
Certain statements included in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements. Actual outcomes could differ materially from such statements expressed or implied herein as a result of a variety of factors including, but not limited to: weather, levels of oil and gas drilling and general industrial activity in United Fuel's area of operations, changes in oil and gas prices, risks associated with acquiring other businesses, the price of United Fuel's products, availability of financing and interest rates, competition, changes in, or failure to comply with, government regulations, costs, uncertainties and other effects of legal and other administrative proceedings, general economic conditions and other risks and uncertainties. As a result, this press release should be read in conjunction with periodic filings United Fuel makes with the SEC. The forward-looking statements contained herein are made only as of the date of this press release, and United Fuel does not undertake any obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
Contact:
Chuck McArthur, President and CEO
