I often read here that "all gas is the same" - but BP's recent fuel problems seem to only affect BP stations, and not others (except maybe Costco but that's not clear yet). http://www.bpresponse.com/go/site/5207/
BP's gas problems in Chicago
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but BP's recent fuel problems seem to only affect BP stations, and not others (except maybe Costco but that's not clear yet).
It was a problem at the refinery. There are multiple gas station chains that this refinery supplies with gasoline, and they were all affected (BP, Speedway, Thorntons, etc.)...
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-...efinery-bad-gas
but BP's recent fuel problems seem to only affect BP stations, and not others (except maybe Costco but that's not clear yet).
It was a problem at the refinery. There are multiple gas station chains that this refinery supplies with gasoline, and they were all affected (BP, Speedway, Thorntons, etc.)...
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-...efinery-bad-gas
I guess I never thought fuel could be "defective" but I guess anything can be.
John
John
The bad gas was caused by an excess amount of polymeric residue in the gas.
What is polymeric residue?
Is it a natural product of the gasoline refining process, or is it a way to get rid of toxic waste as long as they don't dump too much of it into the gas at once?
What is polymeric residue?
Is it a natural product of the gasoline refining process, or is it a way to get rid of toxic waste as long as they don't dump too much of it into the gas at once?
This is a quote from this article in the Chicago Tribune:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-bp-contaminated-gasoline-claims-reach-6500-20120827,0,7986768.story
"BP on Monday also provided some details about the source of the contamination, which arose when one feed of oil piped into a refining unit — called the alkylation unit, or alky — didn't have the correct molecular makeup and contaminated the resulting gasoline, Dean said.
Using an alky is a secondary attempt in the refining process to convert more oil into gasoline using acid to rearrange molecules. Not all crude oil is converted to gasoline on the first pass through the refinery's distillation equipment. The eventual result from the alky is supposed to be a high-octane, clean-burning gasoline with anti-knock properties. But from Aug. 13 to Aug. 17, one of the feeds into the alky didn't have the correct properties."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-bp-contaminated-gasoline-claims-reach-6500-20120827,0,7986768.story
"BP on Monday also provided some details about the source of the contamination, which arose when one feed of oil piped into a refining unit — called the alkylation unit, or alky — didn't have the correct molecular makeup and contaminated the resulting gasoline, Dean said.
Using an alky is a secondary attempt in the refining process to convert more oil into gasoline using acid to rearrange molecules. Not all crude oil is converted to gasoline on the first pass through the refinery's distillation equipment. The eventual result from the alky is supposed to be a high-octane, clean-burning gasoline with anti-knock properties. But from Aug. 13 to Aug. 17, one of the feeds into the alky didn't have the correct properties."
Here is a list of Illinois stations that got teh bad gas. Of course, I filled up my van and truck at one of them.........................
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-bp-releases-list-of-stations-that-sold-tainted-gas-20120829,0,7287506.story
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-bp-releases-list-of-stations-that-sold-tainted-gas-20120829,0,7287506.story
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