The story of the company began in the early 1970s, not long after the joint purchase of some
ranchland. On that property, one of the nations largest and purest natural carbon dioxide reservoirs
was discovered. We like to think of it as a pure rocky mountain spring water of naturally-occuring
carbon dioxide.
After pipelines were built from New Mexico to the Permian Basin, the Reliant Group was established
in 1989 as a small family-owned company called Flo-CO2, Inc. Our founders included Fred Vanderburg,
Sr. and his wife Jessie Lee, Ronnie and Joy Rice, Fred Vanderburg, Jr. and his wife Sandy, and Alan
Houk.
Now the Reliant Group has branched out into multiple different companies that are able to supply carbon
dioxide in many forms and fashions. We can provide service in many different states across the United States and Mexico. Our main
product lines include bulk food and medical grade carbon dioxide, restaurant and
convenience store mini-bulk carbon
dioxide, oilfield grade carbon dioxide for oilfield markets, as well as dry ice.