Re: Speaking of gasolin

[Derek Fried <mopar383fury@xxxxxxx>]

I live right by a small airport, I wonder if I could get high octane gas there also.  Last I checked it was $5 a gallon, not too bad considering its socal









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From: William Harrison <bbjt3@xxxxxxxxx>
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, Apr 1, 2010 4:06 pm
Subject: Re: Speaking of gasolin


I live in the Indianapolis area and up until about 15 years ago we had a 
arathon refinery.
t then shut down.
e now have a Supply depot in the suburbs of Indianapolis and my sister lives 3 
locks from it.
hell, Speedway, Pilot; you name it, they all pull up to the same tank to fill 
he tankers.
he gasoline comes via a pipeline from Oklahoma.
 heard that in the 60's the USA had over 1500 refineries and we are now down to 
ess than 100.
hanks NAFTA.....
ill Harrison
5 Coronet 2 dr post.
.S. I can drive 10 miles to a local air port and buy 100 octane gasoline.
--- On Thu, 4/1/10, David Bailey <bb64d440@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: David Bailey <bb64d440@xxxxxxxxxxx>
 Subject: Speaking of gasolin
 To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
 Date: Thursday, April 1, 2010, 2:02 PM
 
 
 
 ...I only buy brand (new) name gasoline for my cars but I
 will use the off brand (second hand) gas in my lawn
 equipment. Why? 
  
  I put the last 30 years of my working career employed by a
 liquid petroleum pipeline company as a mechanic servicing
 pumps, motors valves etc all relating to the safe movement
 and handling of liquid petroleum products. This, by no means
 makes me any kind of authority on fossil fuels or the
 production of gasoline, but over the years I’ve seen how
 petroleum products are handled in a pipeline and at storage
 facilities. I found it absolutely fascinating and my hats
 off to the people that operate these systems. My point of
 all this is that all gasoline is transported VIA pipeline
 from refineries to their respective distribution points and
 then trucked to the sales stations. These pipelines do not
 only carry gasoline but also other similar petroleum
 products, home heating oil, diesel, etc (yes, in the same
 pipe at the same time). These liquids do not mix per say
 while in the pipeline because they are under constant
 pressure. However, there is a small amount of what’s known
 as “transmix” (the tail end of one batch against the
 head end of the following batch), which normally does occur
 in the line.  This transmix is cut out of the stream
 and stored in separate tankage. Eventually you end up with a
 full tank of “accumulated transmix” product, what do you
 with this stuff? It gets pumped separately to a refractory,
 which re-refines or separates the different products back to
 “useable” fuels once again. Hey, this is a good thing
 right? Well, I agree to a certain extent. I remember ‘back
 in the day’ when brand name gas sold for say .95 per
 gallon while down the road was a cheap ‘no name’ station
 selling gas for .55 or .65 cents a gal. How could they do
 that? Like I said, I’m no expert but I’d bet they were
 selling refracted gasoline but at an honest price. You got
 what you paid for and it worked. Performance didn’t matter
 and so what if it smoked a little more, it was cheap. So
 what are these no name gas stations selling today at very
 nearly the same cost as branded gas? Well, I can’t say for
 sure but that is my opinion of no name fuels and why I will
 only buy brand new gas for my cars. I cringe every time I
 see a classic muscle car filling up at a no name station!
 UGH!     
 Dave
      
         
           
   
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