Phil Scheel recognized

The February 2020 edition of LP Gas magazine featured an article recognizing four rising leaders in the propane industry, including Thermopolis’ own Phil Scheel.

According to the article, “the Rising Leaders initiative helps bring to the forefront the youthful individuals working in key position of their propane companies.”

Sheel owns Tumbleweed Propane, which he started with his wife, Shurie, in 2009. Sheel said he and his wife started with an old bobtail and a couple hundred customers.

Now, the couple boasts nearly 1,000 customers, including residential, commercial, agricultural and industrial customers along with six employees, three bobtails and two service trucks.

Sheel said his vision for growing his company is, “a simple three-part strategy: personalized service, every gallon counts, and treat customers and employees as I would like to be treated.”

At just 37-years old, he was asked what his generation has to offer the propane industry that previous generations did not.

“With respect to the generations of industry leaders before me,” he said, “I feel that we today have so many opportunities and tools to offer benefits in the years to come.”

Sheel added that technology is the greatest asset to the profession today. “I feel that these new tools don’t replace good customer service, but compliment and add value to my company’s ability to meet our customer’s needs.”