Hello Everyone,
I got into a discussion with someone the other day as it relates to different gasoline brands. My theory is that each brand of gas may come from a local or regional refinery in that geographical locale and that the particular fuel brand speculates before delivery what specific additives go into the truck load or drop of the gas coming from that refinery. For example, if you have Phillips / Connoco refinery that serves a region, they may make fuels available to competing brand stations that have specific additives blended in for that particular brand which may be different from the same grades available at the Phillips / Connoco stations served by that same refinery.
I am only guessing at this possible fact since I cannot see that every major refinery in North America only serves up the brand of gasoline (w/ appropriate additive mix) for that brand only.
I am looking for someone on BITOG to confirm or deny my suspicions here, as I have never worked in the fuel refining and or transport industry.
Thanks in advance for your reply and more "refined knowledge" of this matter.
I got into a discussion with someone the other day as it relates to different gasoline brands. My theory is that each brand of gas may come from a local or regional refinery in that geographical locale and that the particular fuel brand speculates before delivery what specific additives go into the truck load or drop of the gas coming from that refinery. For example, if you have Phillips / Connoco refinery that serves a region, they may make fuels available to competing brand stations that have specific additives blended in for that particular brand which may be different from the same grades available at the Phillips / Connoco stations served by that same refinery.
I am only guessing at this possible fact since I cannot see that every major refinery in North America only serves up the brand of gasoline (w/ appropriate additive mix) for that brand only.
I am looking for someone on BITOG to confirm or deny my suspicions here, as I have never worked in the fuel refining and or transport industry.
Thanks in advance for your reply and more "refined knowledge" of this matter.