[Shotimes] Gas Brands Was Re: Gen I vs. Gen II

[Mark Kelley]

I too work at a refinery (in Texas) but since I work in the IS group and often
deal with the chemical engineers involved in the processing of crude, I have
very good sources.  We refine gasoline not only for our company but also for
other oil companies (I can't say for sure we've ever done 94 however).  Once
the gas is blended, it's put into the pipe where it goes to the wholesalers. 
It's at that point that it becomes a "brand" of gas.  If someone puts in an
order for Chevron gas, it comes out of the tank where the Techron additives
are put in, it's loaded on a truck and off it goes (the same process is used
for other brands as well).  The next time I talk to one of the CEs, I'll ask
them about 94.

Mark

On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:59:16 -0400 Bill Murray <fordsho@cloud9grafx.com>
wrote:

> My uncle's brother works on the fire brigade at
> the refineries that we
> have here in New Jersey in the Edison/South
> Amboy area.  As he puts it,
> all that gas comes in on the same ship, goes
> through the same pipes and
> into tanks with different names on it.  It's
> all the same gas, just
> different additives are put in once if gets
> into the tanks.  He's even
> told me that some of the "discount gas" is the
> same thats in the brand
> stuff too.  I think the only exception to this
> may be Sunoco's ultra 94,
> but I'm not sure.  Does anyone else have a 94? 
> I know there are some
> stations, I think its a Sunoco in the Philly
> area that has a 101 or
> something like that.  I buy name brand gas, but
> don't really have a
> preference, there are a lot of Mobiles around
> here so thats what I
> usually get just because of convenience and
> price.
> 
> Bill Murray