Shell - NO GAS!

[scat19]

NE/NW no gas... I had to drive to Country Hills location and they said they'd be out within the hour...

Perfect for before the weekend...

[Team_Mclaren]

use other brand? I find that Esso has better 91 than shell....

[cityhunter2501]

tried to fill up shell 91 up by COP, 64th ave centre st, mcknight since sunday.
whats going on with shell?

[IntegraG2]

Originally posted by Team_Mclaren
use other brand? I find that Esso has better 91 than shell....

i find its the other way around. Ive been using Esso for like 8 years before trying out the 91 at Shell....

maybe its all in my head. haha.

Thats crazy the north is out of shell gas. I just filled up last night on 16th avenue and deerfoot

[GQBalla]

Shiet

hopefully i can get some gas today

[Tik-Tok]

I was about to post the same thing. I went to 5 Shells around my area, and 3 were out altogether, one only had regular, and one was fully stocked.

I asked the manager of the fully stocked one what was going on, and he said it was a planned plant shutdown, and that shell had stocked up for the next 2 weeks, but only for 35% of the stations in Calgary.

So for the next two weeks, 65% of the Calgary Shells will be out of fuel.

[TurboD]

Imagine the chaos if a vast majority of the city pumps ran out and left large numbers of vehicles stranded and out of gas lined up clogging the streets.

[Mibz]

$10 says Flying J will be stocked up.

[J@Tuner]

Shell on Macleod and 58th is dry as well as Co-op on Macleod and 98th

[n1zm0]

prolonged maintenance on the refinery up north i heard from the attendant, they were saying something about trying to get gas from other provinces and the US but obviously that hasnt happened, i use a credit card with shell rewards so i'm kinda bummed, have had to fill up at petro twice now since this has happened, a good 2 weeks or so now.

[JZS_147]

Husky is never out of gas.

[max_boost]

Riverbend Shell is never out!

[almerick]

Argh, what a bad time to need to fill up on gas, maybe I'll just get Co-op gas in Hamptons?

[bwling]

http://www.calgaryherald.com/busines...695/story.html

Shell rationing gasoline after refinery work extended

A gasoline shortage in Alberta promises to spill into the rest of Western Canada as Shell Canada's Scotford refinery takes longer than expected to ramp up, a spokesman said Wednesday.

Extra supplies used to cover reduced volumes from planned maintenance started in early September were depleted after the turnaround and startup operations were extended, said Jeff Gabert.

The longer-than-expected outage forced Shell to ration volumes of gasoline and diesel to retail outlets across the province.

"Right now we are seeing it in Alberta; however, there is the possibility that Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia could be affected," Gabert told the Herald.

"We had secured sufficient fuel to cover that period, but the maintenance activity took longer than expected," he added. "Combined with tight industry supply in the region, it's resulted in a temporary shortage of gasoline for us."

Albertans will continue to see shutdown pumps and closed retail Shell stations as the corporation still is rationing supplies, although it is seeking supplies from the rest of Canada and the United States, he said.

Gabert could not comment on when operations at the 98,000-barrel-per day-refinery will be back to normal, nor on how many retail stations in Alberta will be affected.

However, analysts suggest price jumps at the pump this week were more due to stronger crude oil prices than supply constraints.

Crude oil prices spiked Wednesday to $82 US per barrel in New York on news gasoline stocks in the United States fell more than expected. Oil for December delivery settled up$2.25 US per barrel at $81.37 Wednesday.

Although gasoline supplies in Alberta have dropped due to the Shell outage, wholesale prices for fuel were competitive with those across Canada, at about 61 cents per litre, said Cathy Hay, with MJ Ervin and Associates.

"Our wholesale prices in Western Canada are the same as they are in the East," Hay said, "which suggests to me that if there is a shortage in gasoline, it has not had an impact on wholesale prices nor retail prices."

Hay noted prices could be influenced if the Shell outage was extended further, or if another refinery was compromised. The province's landlocked position makes Alberta more vulnerable to shortages than Ontario, for example, which has increased access to imports.

Last fall, prices in Western Canada rose when a series of unplanned outages at Alberta's three main refineries reduced gasoline and diesel output.

On Wednesday, Imperial Oil said its Strathcona refinery outside of Edmonton was operating normally. The refinery is the largest in the province, with the capacity to process 187,000 barrels of oil per day.

Second in size is Suncor's 135,000-barrel-per-day Edmonton refinery, which Petro-Canada converted to process oilsands feedstock before merging with Suncor this year. In July, high winds and an electrical storm knocked power out to the refinery, damaging a major gasoline processing unit.

The corporation was forced to temporarily ration fuel supplies to retail and wholesale outlets. Imperial Oil's refinery also suffered a power outage but did not report supply shortages.

[Thaco]

i wonder if that is why the gas spiked 10 cents over night a few days ago.

[atgilchrist]

Shell on 14th St and 13th Ave SW has been out for over a week.

[Scope951]

Stadium off of 16th is out as well.

[Sentry]

Originally posted by JZS_147
Husky is never out of gas.

And they sell delicious 94!

[Mibz]

Originally posted by Sentry

And they sell delicious 94!

So everybody with cars tuned for 87 can spend more money and get less mileage? Yay!

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by Mibz
So everybody with cars tuned for 87 can spend more money and get less mileage? Yay!

AND less power