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Sydneykid Grand Master

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BP Ultimate is exclusively a BP product. It is produced at their Western

Australian Refinery, and shipped by sea to the other mainland states like VIC.

So they don't refine at their Bulwer Island refinery?:rant:

Quote from BP's own web site

http://www.bp.com.au/refineries/refineries...es.asp?menuid=d

A particular feature of the Australian oil industry is the practice of refinery exchange, in which refining companies exchange products in various locations to minimise distribution costs. For example, BP supplies other companies in Perth and Brisbane and in return is supplied with product in Melbourne, Sydney and Tasmania.
Sydneykid Grand Master

Sydneykid

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i cant see how the fuel would be different quality using exactly the same refining techniques and chemicals

You really need to go and look at a refinery, they don't pour crude in one pipe, add a few secret hurbs and spices and petrol magically comes out the other. It is a very complex process and one that requires enornmous costs to upgrade equipment. The refineries in Australia are very old, particularly Clyde and Geelong and they need upgrading to make premium unleaded that complies to the emmissions standards. It is my understanding that if the Govt instituted the 2005 emmisions standard for fuel now, many refineries would fail. So they are undergoing big upgrades this year. This means quality changes (improves?) daily, well monthly anyway. :aroused:

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You really need to go and look at a refinery, they don't pour crude in one pipe, add a few secret hurbs and spices and petrol magically comes out the other.  It is a very complex process and one that requires enornmous costs to upgrade equipment.  The refineries in Australia are very old, particularly Clyde and Geelong and they need upgrading to make premium unleaded that complies to the emmissions stnards.  In fact if the Govt instituted the 2005 emmisions standard for fuel now, many refineries would fail.  So they are undergoing big upgrades this year.  This means quality changes (improves?) daily, well monthly anyway. :aroused:

fair enuff, so ur then sayn that the whole of vic considering the majority of fuel consumers are with BP and Shell possibly others sharing these refineries, is supplied with lower quality fuel?

Sydneykid Grand Master

Sydneykid

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fair enuff, so ur then sayn that the whole of vic considering the majority of fuel consumers are with BP and Shell possibly others sharing these refineries, is supplied with lower quality fuel?

"Lower quality" than who?

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