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From: New Hampsha
I guess there are no Gulf Gas Stations around anymore since no one mentioned it after I first asked the question! Guess they were part of some merger years ago. Just like Tydol disappeared years and years ago, probably back in the late 40s or the 50s? That must have been just an East Coast brand. I think the name was an acronym for Tidewater Oil
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It said "Ford recommends BP gasoline" on the fuel cap on the Ford 500 I drove to North Carolina last month, and had the green sunburst BP logo.
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From: VA
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Joined: 05-23-2006
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From: Chandler, AZ
Here in the Phoenix area we have gas piped in from Texas and gas piped in from California. How can this all not get mixed together at the storage tank facility so that no matter what brand you buy, it's all the same stuff? I don't think each brand has their own pipeline. 
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Joined: 05-09-2006
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From: "Upland" Mesa, Arizona
Alzonie....
You need to visit the Phoenix pump farm to really understand but, all the gasoline is the same UNTIL it is pumped into the tanker truck. At that point, through electronics, the proprietary additives of each separate manufacturer (which they supply), is added. It just depends on who and what the specific tanker truck is supplying.
And as mentioned previously all unleaded gasolines leaving the refineries have the minimal amount of additive, dictated by the EPA, for sale in the US. The additional is at the tank far.
You need to visit the Phoenix pump farm to really understand but, all the gasoline is the same UNTIL it is pumped into the tanker truck. At that point, through electronics, the proprietary additives of each separate manufacturer (which they supply), is added. It just depends on who and what the specific tanker truck is supplying.
And as mentioned previously all unleaded gasolines leaving the refineries have the minimal amount of additive, dictated by the EPA, for sale in the US. The additional is at the tank far.
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Joined: 07-15-2007
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From: Muskego Wisconsin
Snoopy is correct. When I had gas stations, we got ours from Windlinger Petroleum out of California. They were the major supplier to Shell. In fact their trucks said Shell and they were painted yellow and white. Windlinger in turn got their supply from Tasco, which was a major refinery and at that time were the only supplier of unleaded gas in California (late 70s), so everyone in our area had the same gas mostly. My station was a private brand (New Horizons) in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo.
