[Shotimes] Re: Gen I vs. Gen II

[Mark D. Mallory]

Well kind of... but not really.  It's all in the confusing terminology.  You
have to think of it like this.  The refinery processes crude oil into many
products one of which is strait gasoline.  (Strait gasoline is like the corn
and soybean... not much difference from one refinery to the next.) The
refinery then sells that strait gasoline to BP, Sunoco, Mobile, Exxon,
Marathon, or whomever.  Yes, BP (the gas station) buys gasoline from BP the
refinery, or Sunoco refineries, or Marathon refineries, or whomever is
producing gasoline at that time.  The strait gasoline can then either go to
the pump as is or it gets blended with other additives, making it into a
specific brand of gas.  That blended gas can then be sold to off-brand
stations or go directly to brand name pumps.


Mark Mallory
Toledo, Ohio
'95 SHO MTX

> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Paul Nimz
> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 7:41 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re: Gen I vs. Gen II
>
>
> I think gas today is like the corn and soybeans at the elevator.
> It is all
> pumped into one big pipe and comes out all over the place.  Kind
> of like the
> genetically enhanced corn and beans.  I wonder how they keep them
> separate.
>
> Paul Nimz
> '97 TR SHO
> '93 EG mtx SHO
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Epperly" <epperly1@optonline.net>
> To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 5:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re: Gen I vs. Gen II
>
>
> > Yep, a while ago the production of heating oil increases and other fuels
> > decrease.
> > As for off brand gas it used to be that they would get what the major
> brands
> > made that didn't meet their specs. years back when forced to buy as they
> > were the only ones open late I would see a decrease of 3-4 mpg over name
> > brands in NJ.
> >
> >             Ken
> >
> > > Most people don't realize that this is the case.  Actually
> what happens
> is
> > > that refineries (doesn't matter who BP, Sunoco, Mobile, etc)
> don't make
> > > gasoline all the time.  Like all other industries, the price
> and cost of
> > > making gasoline fluctuates.  If it's not cost effective to
> make gasoline
> > > than they'll make and sell something else and buy the gasoline from
> > someone
> > > else and blend it to their own specifications.
> > >
> > > For example, if Sun can make more money selling propane or
> jet fuel (as
> > > opposed to gasoline), they'll cut back or eliminate the production of
> > > gasoline and focus on propane or jet fuel.  Obviously, Sun will still
> have
> > > to supply it's gas stations with gasoline, so they'll buy gas from
> someone
> > > like BP or Mobile and blend it with the proper additives, test it and
> send
> > > it to the gas stations.
> > >
> > > Long story short, the difference in brands is only in the blending of
> > > additives and octane ratings.  The gasoline itself is nearly identical
> > from
> > > one refinery to the next.
> > >
> > > Mark Mallory
> > > Toledo, Ohio
> > > '95 SHO MTX
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> > > > [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of BJamesjr@aol.com
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 5:40 PM
> > > > To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> > > > Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re: Gen I vs. Gen II
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Around my area there is very little difference in the brand of
> > > > gas.  There
> > > > > are two pipelines in the area and they only have about 10
> > > > > tanks at the
> > > > > terminals.
> > > >
> > > > There was a story on the history channel a few weeks ago about
> > > > pipelines and gasoline distribution.  They said that the
> > > > pipelines were sort of like "common carriers", and all the
> > > > companies could use them.  They said they would pump one thing
> > > > for awhile, then switch over to something else and they would get
> > > > very little intermixing at the interface between the different
> > > > liquids, but they would take the liquid that they thought to be
> > > > mixed and sell it to industries that didn't care if they had
> > > > diesel an gasoline mixed.
> > > >
> > > > They did say that gasolines were closer to the same than the
> > > > company's advertising would admit to, although they do mix in
> > > > specific additives for different companies before it goes into the
> > trucks.
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