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Top Tier gas - sold under other brand names?

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Fuel Economy' started by PriusRos, Sep 17, 2006.

  1. PriusRos

    PriusRos A Fairly Senior Member - 2016 Prius Owner

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    I've been reading about the Top Tier gas brands and I was wondering whether any of the brands listed actually sell under different brand names? The thing is, of course there are a number of Shell and Cheveron stations around, but some of the names on the list, such as Quck Trip, Entec, and MFA, are ones that I've never seen or heard of. Is there a possibility that these brands are known by other names?


    QuikTrip
    Chevron
    Conoco
    Phillips
    76
    Shell
    Entec Stations
    MFA Oil Company
    Kwik Trip/Kwik Star
    The Somerset Refinery, Inc.
    Chevron-Canada
    Aloha Petroleum
    Tri-Par Oil Company
    Shell-Canada
     
    #1 PriusRos, Sep 17, 2006
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    Chevron is also Texaco, but not all the Texaco stations are up to spec yet, which is why it's not listed explicitly. They say Texaco will be on the list soon.

    Conoco/Phillips/76 are all the same company.

    BP/Amoco, Sunoco and Exxon/Mobil are the laggards imo. I'm going to start harrassing them :)

    Here's a link to some history of who's who in the biggies.

    http://www.virginia.edu/igpr/APAG/apagoilhistory.html

    But, it's not up to date.
     
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  3. barbaram

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    I've been wondering about this as well. We have many no-name gas stations, and some big chain ones such as Wawa and BJ's.
    Who supplies their gas?

    BTW- many of the excess mobil / exxon stations here have been sold to lukoil!
     
    #3 barbaram, Sep 18, 2006
  4. Soylent

    Soylent The v isn't a station wagon! It's just big boned

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    All this is easy to find on Google.

    -Phillips 66, Conoco, 76 are all the same company.
    -Chevron owns Texaco.
    -Shell is it's own company, owned by Royal Dutch I believe.
    -MFA is a private US-based company

    Quicktrip/Kwiktrip is a convenience store chain, not a gas company. Same with BJ's, Wawa's, 7-Eleven. Those places usually buy gas from whoever is cheaper, and they don't necessarily buy gas from the same place every time.
     
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  5. PriusRos

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    Thanks for the replies, everyone.


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    If this is a convenience store chain (which is what I thought from the name) that buys from whoever is cheapest, how come it's on the top tier brand list?
     
    #5 PriusRos, Sep 18, 2006
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    I don't know if it's still this way, but twenty years ago, all the fuel trucks in El Paso drew their fuel from the same tanks, then drove off. Someone told me that they put additives into the trailer before they loaded, but I followed one from a gas station to the tank farm, watched it load, then followed it to its next stop. The truck and trailer were one company's logo, and the tank was another. I'd be surprised if it was much different today.
     
    #6 glenhead, Sep 18, 2006
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