D&H United Fueling Services and Leighton O’Brien Expand Strategic Partnership

D&H United Fueling Solutions, known for fuel system installation, service and equipment distribution throughout Texas and the Southwest region of the US, and leading fuel analytics and field technologies company Leighton O’Brien, today announced an expansion of its strategic partnership whereby D&H United Fueling Solutions will acquire Leighton O’Brien’s existing Texas business and the State of Texas territory.

The partnership will include Leighton O’Brien Vice President of Operations Mike Thornton joining the D&H United team. Thornton will continue to manage the existing Leighton O’Brien and now D&H United’s tank and fuel cleaning business in Texas and be an integral part of D&H United’s tank and fuel cleaning expansion throughout the Southwest US. Leighton O’Brien’s Texas-based tank and fuel cleaning technicians will also join D&H United.

The partnership will enable D&H United Fueling Solutions to further deliver Leighton O’Brien’s market-leading tank and fuel cleaning and polishing technology to existing and new clients. The service will be conducted by fully trained fuel cleaning technicians and safety helpers.

D&H United Fueling Solutions CEO Bo Sasnett said: “Through this partnership with Leighton O’Brien, we continue to expand our services portfolio by leveraging Leighton O’Brien’s market-leading technologies. In today’s world of changing and complex fuels, we continue to provide our customers with turnkey industry leading solutions for their underground and aboveground storage tank fueling systems,” he said.

Leighton O’Brien CEO, Reed Leighton said: “This transaction completes Leighton O’Brien’s transition to a technology company operating with valued third parties in international markets. This successful strategy continues to drive an increased rate of growth and expansion across our range of technology platforms.

“We look forward to working closely with D&H United Fueling Solutions to jointly expand our business within the Southwest US. With our continued distributor growth, our fuel cleaning operations will clean more than 2,500 tanks globally within the next 12 months,” he said.

Leighton O’Brien President of USA Operations, Jeff Davis said: “This partnership will enable D&H United Fueling Solutions customers to resolve water and fuel quality issues such as malfunctioning dispensers, automatic tank gauges, blocked filters, bacterial growth and phase separation.