++ Wal-Mart Gas Station ++

[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.

[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. I bought gas at a QT(Quick Trip) a month or so ago for our GMC Envoy and am still having problems. 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.... 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

[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

[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?
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?
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!