Atlas Oil Company’s Emergency Fueling Response Team monitors all storms throughout the country. As Hurricane Harvey developed in the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlas team assembled in the mission control room out of its headquarters in Taylor, Michigan, and prepared for a potential deployment.
“Our first priority was to ensure the safety of our team members,” said Bob Kenyon, President and Chief Operating Officer at Atlas Oil. “Our Houston and Victoria offices were in the direct path of the storm, and we have frac fueling teams throughout Texas supporting drilling operations in the region.”
Harvey made landfall in Texas as a Category 4 hurricane by Friday night. Atlas worked round-the-clock, immediately deploying over a dozen trucks from across the country to safe base camps outside the affected areas as a wave one deployment. Many of the fuel terminals shut down, but Atlas, a nationwide company, has access to millions of gallons of relief fuel in Texas and around the country. As of Sunday, the trucks were staged in Texas until the flooding subsides, and its drivers can safely respond to the relief efforts and its contracted fuel assurance customers.
The slow-moving storm is dropping heavy rain fall causing disastrous flooding and widespread devastation throughout southeast Texas. As the storm weakens and first responders are able to survey the area over the next several days, Atlas is preparing to deploy as many trucks and drivers as necessary to support the needs of the region.
The Atlas Emergency Fueling division responds to disasters of all sizes, including natural disasters like Hurricane Sandy where they deployed over 75 trucks helping to restore infrastructure to regional blackouts and power outages throughout the country.
“Our experienced team is prepared to respond at a moment’s notice,” said Jayme Oyen, Director of Emergency Fuel Services at Atlas Oil. “All of the various team members know exactly what to do, and we have drivers on standby prepared to deploy when called upon.”
Headquartered in Taylor, Michigan, Atlas Oil is the inaugural Simon Group Holdings company. Since their founding in 1985, Atlas has grown through technological and operational innovation, all while maintaining our unwavering commitment to customer success. Atlas offers single-source solutions for fuel, transportation and logistics, and is one of the largest fuel distributors in the country, delivering over 1 billion gallons of fuel annually to customers in 46 states. Atlas has an active real estate division and is engaged in transportation logistics and fueling, including bulk, fleet, event, on-site, emergency response and oil field services.
