Petrol Price crisis......

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Originally Posted by chizzy86

Some family own an independent servo (Liberty) and they just buy fuel off Caltex.

It does vary.
Depending on demand.......
It does happen when the major's get held up on fuel delivery
One will buy off the other and visa versa
They are supposed to meet a min requirement for fuel and do monitor heavily.
(we have all had the experience of "qualified", but SH** job before)
(there are those who go beyond, and those that make do).....

The major fuel companies do try, and they are all monitored but there is passing and excelling.

It used to be that the fuel carrier (transport contractor) would pick up from the distribution centre, add in a sachet of the appropriate companies fuel colour and voila !

Keep in mind, up until a few years ago :
Both Shell and Caltex had refineries in NSW (now both closed) BP has one refinery in WA, Caltex one in Qld, Mobil and Shell/ new owners in Vic......
We use more than they produce, so generally nothing is sent interstate, the balance imported (from Singapore or elsewhere) there are other importers in the market now also,
so generally speaking "your fuel can come from anywhere", its the additives and repeated checking the Major outlets do that does make a difference .

Mistakes happen, I knew a bloke who got a Refinery Technicians job, he transferred 1,200,000lt of 98 octane into a 95 octane storage tank that was nearly empty by mistake, it couldn't be sold as 98, and wasn't worth re processing, so was sold as 95, even though it was more 97.7 octane !!

Keep in mind also, that your local servo is generally a franchise, and mistakes (water from leeching/ rain/loose filler caps) do happen.

We/I buy from either Caltex or Shell badged outlets, (not Woolworth's or any other, unless desperate).....