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<blockquote data-quote="roadPilot" data-source="post: 15301920" data-attributes="member: 179610"><p>Many stations do, in fact, receive product that was dropped from the same racks at the same terminal. So the base product can be the same. However, the difference between Shell or Mobil or Texaco isn't the base product, per se, but is in the additives that go into their fuels. These are referred to as "branded" fuels. Think of each brand as being Kentucky Fried Chicken. Each have their own secret 11 herbs & spices, event though they all buy their chicken from the same place. The fuel that gets delivered to all the Tom, Dick & Harry gas stations does NOT have the "special herbs and spices" of the branded fuels (they have basic additives, but not the "super cleaners" or whatever the branded fuel is advertising). Those fuels are referred to as "unbranded" fuel. That said, the refineries are owned and operated by the big oil companies, and these refineries are where the terminals (thousands of them across the US) get their fuel that is sold and delivered to many different stations. For example, the Marathon refinery in River Rouge, MI produces various grades of gasoline, diesel, kerosene, AVGAS, and other fuels products that go to many terminals in MI and OH (mostly) which, in turn, blend (at the rack, mostly) for many different branded fuels. </p><p></p><p>That's a very basic explanation of how it works.</p><p></p><p>roadPilot (the guy who used to work for a downstream petroleum distributor)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="roadPilot, post: 15301920, member: 179610"] Many stations do, in fact, receive product that was dropped from the same racks at the same terminal. So the base product can be the same. However, the difference between Shell or Mobil or Texaco isn't the base product, per se, but is in the additives that go into their fuels. These are referred to as "branded" fuels. Think of each brand as being Kentucky Fried Chicken. Each have their own secret 11 herbs & spices, event though they all buy their chicken from the same place. The fuel that gets delivered to all the Tom, Dick & Harry gas stations does NOT have the "special herbs and spices" of the branded fuels (they have basic additives, but not the "super cleaners" or whatever the branded fuel is advertising). Those fuels are referred to as "unbranded" fuel. That said, the refineries are owned and operated by the big oil companies, and these refineries are where the terminals (thousands of them across the US) get their fuel that is sold and delivered to many different stations. For example, the Marathon refinery in River Rouge, MI produces various grades of gasoline, diesel, kerosene, AVGAS, and other fuels products that go to many terminals in MI and OH (mostly) which, in turn, blend (at the rack, mostly) for many different branded fuels. That's a very basic explanation of how it works. roadPilot (the guy who used to work for a downstream petroleum distributor) [/QUOTE]
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