Tesoro Alaska has a refinery at Kenai. It's about 100 miles in a
straight line from Anchorage. So far as I know it is the only refinery
up there. Has been there for years. That refineray supplies ALL the
gasoline for the Southcentral region of the state. There is a pipeline
that runs from The refinery to Anchorage to keep the various other oil
companies storage tanks filled. I've a cousin who worked for Shell oil
and when it was their turn to receive gas and other fuels he would go
down to the refinery to supervise and monitor pumping operations. Gulf,
Shell, Texaco, Exxon, Chevron, and Independents, and others all got
their gas from the same place...Tesoro Refinery.

Gas in other more remote regions was brought in on barges if there were
navagible rivers available. Other times  it was in 50 gallon drums. I
can't even begin to count the number of 50 gallon drums of aviation fuel
that I have pumped into bush planes in the remote areas of Alaska. The
bush is littered with dead soldiers from the days of the drums. The
drums did get good second use sometimes. They made up into excellent and
inexpensive wood stoves, cooking stoves, and hotwater heaters. One
fellow I knew used them to store dried stickleback fish which he would
feed his hogs to supplement the protein in their diet.

But the local refinery in Kenai supplied all the fuels, residential,
automotive, on the highway system in Alaska. Most all fuels going to
remote areas came from Washington, and California. Don't think much came
from Oregon.

Finally, when we used to pump fuel from drums, we always pumped it
through chamois skin stretched over a funnel. Seems chamois will let the
fuel through but blocks  water from passing through.. Good thing to know.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

David Brodbeck wrote:

> Bud Yandell wrote:
>
>> Here's the idea: For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY
>> gasoline  from
>> the two biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they
>> are not selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices.
>
>
> This shows a complete ignorance of the way gasoline is sold in the U.S.
>
> Gasoline is fungible, and stations use whatever can be shipped to them
> most cheaply.  That means if you buy from an Exxon or Mobil station, the
> gas may not be coming from an Exxon or Mobil refinery -- it'll be coming
> from whatever company's refinery is closest.  It also means that
> wholesale gas prices are set on a regional or even national level,
> depending on the gas formulation where you live.
>
> --
>
> David Brodbeck, N8SRE
> '82 VW Diesel Westfalia
> '86 Volvo 240DL wagon
>