Having spent 30 years w/ Chevron, I make the following comment. Gasoline is
a generic product. The big difference is in the additive package that is
added to the gasoline when it is pumped into the transport truck for
delivery to the branded service station. The tank truck loading rack has
the ability to put what ever additive package the buyer wants into the
product. To the best of my knowledge, the additive package is specified by
the owner of the brand name that is going to receive the gasoline. If the
buyer does not specify an additive package, you get the plain generic
gasoline. Therefore, what you get from the pump at brand X could be quite
diferent from what you get at brand Y, even though it came from the same
loading rack.
John Snyder
> Or, in my area (New York City), Exxon and Hess operate the only refineries
> in the area and there are dozens of brands. Park outside of the Exxon
> refinery in Elizabeth NJ (near Newark Airport) and you will see tanker
> trucks from ALL of the major bands leaving it. Guess that the gas
> magically
> changes inside the truck -- pricewise that is. My no-name station sells
> it
> for 1.63 a gallon (today) and Exxon sells the same stuff from the same
> refinery for 1.93 a gallon. The only difference is that the truck
> delivering
> to my no-name gas station was either in front of or behind the Exxon
> truck.
> Don't you love marketers? Making us think that we are getting something
> different just because there is a brand on it. OH, by the way, Exxon
> reported record profits yesterday. Guess there are more suckers than I
> thought buying their gas at inflated prices.
>
> John Sims, BN6
> Aberdeen, NJ
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