++ Wal-Mart Gas Station ++

[Z-11 396]

They are putting up a Wal-Mart Gas Station 2 miles from my house, the Question I have is there Gas any good ??? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif I expect the price to be less, .Kasey

[68l30]

I'm sure they buy from the bottom of the barrel.. unless thery are a sub of a major oil co...Roll the dice and take your chances. A good friend of mine builds service stations and installs/removes all the equipment....There's huge quality differences from what I've been told... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif


Steve

[bigchevydaddy]

May have been just a coincidence, but a friend of my wife's buys her gas at a particular WM in our area (the ONLY place she buys gas, every Sat when she goes grocery shopping), and both of their cars had to be towed in dead for bad gas within a two-week period... and the WM guys were certain that it wasn't them!

[1969l78]

I put Sams club gas in my truck and never had a problem, sometimes it 15 cents chaeper a gallon, my friends folks own a gas trucking company, the gas all comes from the same place, just diffrent additives for each company http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

[69LM1]

Guys, theres only so many refineries in the USA, gotta belive that much of the gas comes from the same place?

Now the additives may be different. I have seen gas truck loading up a name brand gas station, then going across the street to a mom and pop gas station and loading them up as well........

[Salvatore]

WM gas comes from China, like most of their products. Maybe on the trip over from the Orient it gets more condensation in the tanks than other brands. Hey, I wait in the gas line for as long as it takes just to save .03 a gallon. Sometimes that adds up to maybe .60 to .70 a tankful! I am NO fool! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hmmm.gif

[Z-11 396]

I found that this company /// Murphy Oil /// provides the gas for the Wal-Mart store's, anybody know much about this outfit?....Kasey
http://www.murphyoilcorp.com/

[PeteLeathersac]

Wow...Wally gas, what next?http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif.
Wasn't the station Gomer and Goober worked at called Wally's? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/headbang.gif.

So what are you guys at for gas these days?.
I paid more here yesterday than I think I ever have at 1.09 per litre..
At today's $ exchange, that's the equiv. of about $4.15 US$ per US Gallon!.

I wonder if the guys in Venezuela are paying 15 Cents a friggin' gallon yet...seriously!.

~ Pete
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[69LM1]

The Murphy Oil Refinery is here in Louisiana. It's the one that had the tanks leak during Katrina. I grew up within 5 miles of there. If that's where they get their gas, it's not from China, and several other "brands" are refined there as well. I suspect that there is less difference between brands then we think........

[69LM1]

And this line from the web site shows that

"These terminals, along with numerous third-party terminals, provide fuel supply to retail and branded wholesale stations throughout 23 states."

And this:
"The Company, headquartered in El Dorado, Arkansas, was originally incorporated in Louisiana in 1950 as Murphy Corporation. It was reincorporated in Delaware in 1964, at which time it adopted the name Murphy Oil Corporation. But, the Company's roots go back to a lumber and banking business in South Arkansas and, more directly, to 1907, when the first oil production was established in the Caddo Field in North Louisiana. Thereafter, oil and gas were important phases of the business. Until the mid 1930's however, oil and gas remained subordinate to timber operations and banking. "

Nothing chinese from that, as much as I'd love to bash wall mart, this gas, if Murphy, is good ol USA.

[1969l78]

Its all the same-just each company puts there own addatives in there blend

[Salvatore]

Hey Rich, I am only being a smart a_ _ about WM gas being from China. My point is that everything else WM sells is, so why not the gas! I hope they even bring in some Chinese immigrants to pump it. The only thing I can't get at the WM by me is some good Chinese egg rolls and pork fried rice. But....maybe that will change. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

[Jonesy]

I buy my gas from Spur Gas Stations (Murphy Oil) all the time. That is Murphy Oil. They are well known up here in the North. Murphy Oil has a large refinery up here in Superior, WI. They are doing a major 6 Billion Dollar upgrade to this refinery over the next 6 years and are bringing 300-400 jobs to the area. They are going to bring their capacity up to 235,000 barrels a day. They employ alot of people up here right now.

From their Website:

Murphy Oil's northern refinery, located in Superior, Wisconsin, has direct access to the Magellan Pipeline. This 35,000 barrel per-day facility produces a full slate of conventional gasoline and distillate products which Murphy actively markets in the North Central United States. Murphy Oil USA, Inc. owns product terminals at Superior, WI and Duluth, MN and also throughputs products at several Magellan Pipeline terminals in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota. In addition, Murphy Oil USA, Inc. has exchange agreements to lift products at several terminals in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan

[J_D]

I have purchased my gas from Wal-Mart for the past three or four years now. Have absolutely had no problems what-so-ever. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif I bought gas at a QT(Quick Trip) a month or so ago for our GMC Envoy and am still having problems. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif We have replaced the cam phaser, the O2 sensors and the catalitic converter and still not sure we have the problem solved yet.

[68l30]

The quality of the fuel still has a lot to do with each station. How much crap is in the tanks...ect.

As far as the amount of production.....it's all a crock of horse$hit as far as I'm concerned.It's the same old story every time.Supply and demand.The demand does not change as much as the SUPPLY does.Who controls it? I hate to say it but it's not the guy's in the desert.Ever see a quart of oil go up 20 cents every Tuesday? I didn't think so.... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif Wal-Mart....They are just another bullet shot in the back of every American manufacturing company.Once we outsource all our "dirty jobs" it won't be long till our white collar world has nothing/nobody to manage...When will it end? Hopefully before the dollar is only good for wiping my a$$.......


Steve http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif

[1969l78]

Funny when oil goes up a few bucks--boom it rises asap at the gas sation, yet when it comes down it takes the for ever to adjust the price. up http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bs.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bs.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bs.gif

[southernfriedcj]

WalMart(Murphy) lost our fuel business a couple weeks ago. They stopped accepting American Express(company card).

[SUSQ]

I'm certainly no expert on the economics of the petroleum industry. (I worked for a large oil & gas company in the late '80's but I'm no expert, for sure), but I find it ponderous that with the price of crude topping $100/bbl you don't hear much about any anticipated increase in the production of domestic crude. I would think that at these prices, domestic exploration and production would increase but I really haven't heard much about it. But then again, I haven't sought out any information.
Is domestic exploration being constrained by environmental regulations? Are we just sitting on our domestic reserves hoping the other guys run out further down the road? I realize that bringing production capacity on line has a certain lead time and doesn't appear overnight but I see or hear no evidence of anything in the works. Am I leaving something out of the equation? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hmmm.gif
Just my $0.02, pre-tax of course.

Any thoughts from the oil patch?

[akcamaro]

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I'm certainly no expert on the economics of the petroleum industry. (I worked for a large oil & gas company in the late '80's but I'm no expert, for sure), but I find it ponderous that with the price of crude topping $100/bbl you don't hear much about any anticipated increase in the production of domestic crude. I would think that at these prices, domestic exploration and production would increase but I really haven't heard much about it. But then again, I haven't sought out any information.
Is domestic exploration being constrained by environmental regulations? Are we just sitting on our domestic reserves hoping the other guys run out further down the road? I realize that bringing production capacity on line has a certain lead time and doesn't appear overnight but I see or hear no evidence of anything in the works. Am I leaving something out of the equation? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hmmm.gif
Just my $0.02, pre-tax of course.

Any thoughts from the oil patch?

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Most Alaskan's are pro ANWAR, but but we don't see it happening any time soon.

[69LM1]

Same here in Louisiana. We keep hearing about how at these prices the deep water dilling in the gulf is feasable(sp), but have not seen any increases in platforms or production.

Now, if we are talking out "foreign" gas, let's talk citgo, that is owned by Venezuiala(sp).

Seems like all of our enemies are getting rich off of us, them using that money against us!

[southernfriedcj]

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Seems like all of our enemies are getting rich off of us, them using that money against us!

[/ QUOTE ]

Bingo! I think we should do whatever it takes to get off imported oil(except the oil we import from the Great White North!).
Raise the gas tax to $5 per gallon, raise the average MPG of new cars to 50mpg, whatever it takes IMHO. I'll park the F250 and ride a moped. I'll pay $10 per gallon to go for a cruise in my T/A.
Let's leave the middle east to their own devices. F them! F chavez too! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif

edit: I hope this post isn't considered political. Please remove it if it is. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif