In the 1970s I worked at a gasoline refinery in Snyder Texas called SACROC,
which was an acronym for the six oil companies that owned it.
Bill Lawrence
>From: John Sims <ahbn6@optonline.net>
>To: 'James Shope' <healeymanjim@hansencc.net>,
>'healeys'<healeys@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: [Healeys] gas quality
>Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:44:48 -0400
>
>Or, hang around the Exxon refinery in Elizabeth NJ and see all of the
>trucks
>with different logos coming out. Only gas stations that do not use the
>Exxon
>refinery are Hess because they have their own refinery locally. Otherwise,
>all other gas stations get their gas from the same place regardless of
>their
>brand. Only difference is that some of them (I am told) pass under a
>trestle
>where the additives for that specific brand are added. By the time the
>trucks get to their drop points, enough sloshing has occurred to mix the
>stuff. Think about it, most areas have one refinery but lots of different
>brands.
>
>John Sims, BN6
>Aberdeen, NJ
>
>
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>From: healeys-bounces+ahbn6=optonline.net@autox.team.net
>[mailto:healeys-bounces+ahbn6=optonline.net@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
>James Shope
>Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 11:24 PM
>To: healeys
>Subject: [Healeys] gas quality
>
>hang around a gas station late at night and you will find out all the
>various
>brands that are used to fill the underground tanks. i have seen Shell
>going
>into BP, Chevron into Citgo, and so forth. i do not think there is a dimes
>worth of difference in any major brand. my two cents worth. healeymanjim
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