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Posted on 09/24/2008 7:45:03 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP
Gasoline supplies are tight in Dallas-Fort Worth
08:39 AM CDT on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Hurricane Ike is hitting North Texas gasoline stations hard this week – causing delays in fuel shipments and spot shortages.
Drivers should expect more frequent shortages in the next two weeks as the Texas Gulf Coast's refining capacity continues to come back online, fuel distributors said Tuesday.
But after that, supplies should be back to normal, distributors said.
And prices should remain stable, as the major brands of oil locked in their prices before Ike made landfall.
Retail stations said shortages arose at the end of the last workweek. And some gas station owners are desperate.
John Benda, owner of Fuel City stations in Dallas, said he expected to run out of regular gasoline by Tuesday evening.
"I've been calling all day and begging," Mr. Benda said. "It's been a big problem for the past five days."
Some stations said they were out of gas by Saturday or Sunday. And some Dallas, Richardson and Mansfield stations reported shortages over the last few days.
"You'll drive around and you'll see a lot of bagged pumps," said Rick Canady, president of Fort Worth's Lucky Lady Oil Co.
Distributors and service station operators said drivers should keep a full tank until shortages subside.
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I’m on the road but my wife tells me there’s been no gas in Asheville NC and the nearby town we live in for the past week. Also reports of no gas (or shortages) in Spartanburg SC. Schools in Asheville are closed today because of it.
Just about to post about that. No gas here in Asheville. Some people are going out of state. Anybody experiencing this elsewhere?
In the Pensacola, FL area, we had the same problem until about Monday of this week. I have not left the house yet today, but I will pay attention and see if things are back to normal...
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In Charlotte only about one in ten stations have any gas at all.
No shortage in Greater Charleston, WV area.
... and yet we were told years ago that building refineries wouldn’t make a difference. Lying POS’s. Congress is to blame for all this mess and the financial woes but they will skate and pin this all on Bush and unregulated capitalism.
Explorer Pipeline serving Dallas and beyond will be shut down for a couple days.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2089332/posts?page=5#5
A fire at a terminal in Pasadena shut down a few pipelines.
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