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Title: petrol shortage
Post by: mud rookey on December 27, 2005, 17:54:48
has anybody else found a shortage, (swmbo) went to to fill her skate board up (KA) onlly to find pumps run dry at BP filling station on Main A43 at brackley northants is it the wrong kind of snow for tanker drivers or are we still on xmas shut down.
Title: petrol shortage
Post by: hobbit on December 27, 2005, 18:02:11
Perhaps I should put some full jerricans on ebay :wink: , no probs up hear
Title: petrol shortage
Post by: thumbs on December 27, 2005, 18:18:35
yeah most garages round this way dont seem to have unleaded, got plenty of diesal so i aint bothered yet
Title: petrol shortage
Post by: iianorthants on December 27, 2005, 18:22:08
the BP was shut last week for repairs at night, so might just be crap at sorting out their usage of fuel:)
Title: petrol shortage
Post by: dracula on December 27, 2005, 18:38:45
Shortage caused by that explosion, followed by seasonal peak usage.
Should take day or two to sort out according to B.B.C.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4562158.stm
Title: petrol shortage
Post by: Colin 009 on December 27, 2005, 18:47:49
Went to fill up Last Friday at the Asda hypemarket in Watford, where there are four petrol stations on the roundabout. (Jct A41 and A412 St Albans rd) Asda, Shell, Sainsburys and Total I think.

Total always too expensive, the others always match each other.

Shell out of unleaded so had to use Asda, was useing Shell to test the theory that you get more milage from shell etc. than from supermarket fuel.
Title: fuel shortage part2
Post by: mud rookey on December 27, 2005, 19:12:29
just viewed early evening news they say due to refinery fire its possible some aera's will experience shortages best i get my 5 jerry cans full of fuel and  to those who have tried suppermarket fuel i have found i get less MPG from this fuel than say shell,mobile, or bp i have been informed that suppermarket fuel is the cast off of the big boys(doesn't meet the grade) they expect.
Title: petrol shortage
Post by: muddyweb on December 27, 2005, 19:18:04
um... it's all the same fuel


and please don't go and fill up a load of Jerry cans... it'll just prolong the problem... people panic buying causes as many problems as anything.
Title: petrol shortage
Post by: suzota on December 27, 2005, 19:25:24
my local shell station is out of petrol today.
Title: petrol shortage
Post by: beast5680 on December 27, 2005, 19:40:01
we had a few days of no fuel locally last week but all back to normal now :D
Title: shortage
Post by: disco steve on December 28, 2005, 18:46:09
there have been a few round here ran out of petrol.  glad i have a diesel
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