Sound Gas

American Samoa

Safe And

Supply

oral is officially recognised as one of the “safest and soundest” indus tries in American Samoa.

Boral Gas (American Samoa) Inc., which trades as Blue Flame has been for mally acknowledged as a leader in pro viding a clean and safe product Manager Richard Young says: “Blue Flame plays a very active role in support ing the local Environmental Protection Agency.

“We are acknowledged as being one of the safest and soundest com panies in the industrial park area”.

Blue Flame caters largely to domestic home users, and provides a comprehen sive service to its clients.

It has two terminals, a 300-tonne ca pacity receiving terminal at Aua, Onesosopo in the east and a 30-tonne sat ellite terminal with the main office at Pago Pago in the west.

There are 15 full-time and two part-time nationals employed to run the terminals, during the week. Local yearly consumption is currently about 1,500 tonnes.

Blue Flame also has reselling agents throughout the island to cater for those liv ing in remote areas. These agents also pro vide for clients who run out of gas after hours and on weekends.

Mr Young says Blue Flame plans for further expansion of the domestic mar ket, by “branching out to the outer is lands” and giving greater access to the services provided Due in part to this dedication to meet ing the needs of consumers, Blue Flame has been increasing its output steadily over the past few years, and prospects for more gas sales in the future are good.

Boral has heavily invested in terminal and distribution facilities throughout the Pacific.