BP has always claimed on their website they have exceeded top tier, and they list Amoco as well.
Amoco gas stations
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Amoco and BP is what we use.
I'll walk before I burn Casey's gasoline.
I'll walk before I burn Casey's gasoline.
Some oil companies feel that their reputations for good fuel make it unnecessary to pay the "TopTier" tribute fee.
If I were selling Shell, Mobil, Chevron, the general reputation is that it is Kosher for your car. I don't need to pay for a TopTier label.
But if I were selling "Feather Falls Mini Mart" fuel, customers would want the reassurance that the fuel will not hurt my engine.
So BP/Amoco, along with Irving, sell their good fuel without TopTier certification.
If I were selling Shell, Mobil, Chevron, the general reputation is that it is Kosher for your car. I don't need to pay for a TopTier label.
But if I were selling "Feather Falls Mini Mart" fuel, customers would want the reassurance that the fuel will not hurt my engine.
So BP/Amoco, along with Irving, sell their good fuel without TopTier certification.
It wouldn't necessarily be in its own pipeline. There are however "segregated" pipeline operations where a particular product is specifically delivered from one end to another. Most pipeline deliveries of fuel are of fungible commodities where the pipeline operator decides how to move the commodity grade to endpoints that are supposed to receive that grade. It turns it into a logistics puzzle where obviously the incentive is to move the fuel as little as possible. But segregated pipeline operations are more expensive.
Casey’s is awful, not sure you could get it to burn!
If you like CEL’s, Casey’s has you covered.
When I was researching gas stations / convenience stores Casey's is number 3 largest - after 7-eleven and Circle K. I don't think I have ever been to a Casey's, but found they have a few in East TN so I am planning to stop in next trip that way. I'll make sure not to buy gas thoughCasey’s is awful, not sure you could get it to burn!
If you like CEL’s, Casey’s has you covered.
. How is the coffee?
When I was researching gas stations / convenience stores Casey's is number 3 largest - after 7-eleven and Circle K. I don't think I have ever been to a Casey's, but found they have a few in East TN so I am planning to stop in next trip that way. I'll make sure not to buy gas though
How is the coffee?
Haven’t tried the coffee but the pizza is pretty good.
I went to two different Amoco stations in different parts of Illinois this year that look like they had been recently converted. The signs were new outside but inside I noticed they were formally Speedway. I guess the owner decided to switch to Amoco. I could tell it was Speedway by the red sign for the restroom and even asked the clerk of it had been a Speedway before. (He confirmed it and was amused that I recognized the Speedway style rest room sign that they hadn't change. )
Speaking of BP and Amoco, I've been going there every Friday as the Earnify app with Amazon prime is giving 25 cents off every Friday till nearly the end of the year. The Earnify app already gives a base 10 cents off otherwise (5 cents for using the app and 5 cents for linking it to Prime).
https://www.amazon.com/prime/offer/earnify/prime-deal
Speaking of BP and Amoco, I've been going there every Friday as the Earnify app with Amazon prime is giving 25 cents off every Friday till nearly the end of the year. The Earnify app already gives a base 10 cents off otherwise (5 cents for using the app and 5 cents for linking it to Prime).
https://www.amazon.com/prime/offer/earnify/prime-deal
Same here! Even if I only fill up a 1/2 or 1/4 tank.
Been trying to convince the family to refill @ bp on Fridays, but they're seemingly anti-fuel-apps.
What do you think they make the parking lots out of?
The Ultimate was probably moved by a segregated/batched pipeline process since it was premium fuel. No, the legend had it they actually had a completely separate pipeline just for Ultimate. It was the impossibility of co-mingling, even if pigged in a conventional line, that gave the Ultimate it's purity mystique through this obviously fictitious delivery method.
Around Chicago the stations operated under the "Standard" label, as in Standard Oil. I recall they sold their regular as Red Crown and premium as Gold Crown. Might have been a Silver Crown in there at one point, my memory is a little fuzzy there.
Living Here in the KC metro for 30 years now, we have always had Amoco fuel available. One reason may be that Amoco had a controveral refinery just south of where i live in Sugar Creek MO. I use it when competitive. Their 93 octane Amoco Ultimate is exceptional fuel. Has no nasty alcohol smell. In fact it has the glorious aroma of fuel of the 60's and 70's.
When I buy 93 octane there, it's still says Gold on the receipt.
Amoco is still a very recognizable name. In the current environment I’ll bet they did some subjective polls and found consumers responded better to the American Amoco name rather than then British BP name. I wouldn’t surprised if future new stations use the Amoco name instead of BP.
That was Standard Oil of Indiana, which bought American Oil Company after the Standard Oil breakup. They operated with both trade names.
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