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Lack of OPTIMAX and unleaded at Shell servo's

wilch

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Ok, so I'm bored at work.

I called up their customer service line 1300 134 555 option 3 then 1. Basically they couldn't tell me much.

Optimax apparently comes from only one refinery. The newport refinery. I tried to bait them into saying that there were either issues at the refinery, or issues with delivery. They didn't take the bait.

Ah well, that was fun. It relieved the boredom of work for a few minutes. :D

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every where I have been today has been good, castlhill,baulkham hills, west ryde.. they all got around $1.12-$1.00..havent filled up for a while.. my car seemed gratefull afterwards lol :D

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This is the reply I got from Shell Australia today via email

Dear Edward,  

Thank you for contacting Shell Australia.  

In relation to your enquiry, the shortage of fuels recently has been caused by an unscheduled maintenance  shutdown at our Newport tank terminal. This has caused severe shortages of all  fuels.

The plant is now back on stream, however we anticipate it will take a few more days for  our drivers to  complete the back log of deliveries to  sites.  

It may be that some sites run out of product before the tankers can get back to them.  

We apologise sincerely for the inconvenience this has caused. Please be assured our plant managers and drivers are working around the clock to ensure  consistency of supply as best they are able.

I trust this has been of assistance to you.  

Regards  

Patricia O'Reilly  

Tell Shell Australia  

PH: 1300 134 555  

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Well their is two places (in the World) were they cant sell Optimax and I found out WA is one of them, we only use Ultimate from BP over here, when I lived in Newcastle we always used Mobil's Premium as it is 98.8 to 98.9 (I drove tankers for 6 years and ran a fuel storage area so I learnt a bit about fuel).

One of the Japanese motorcycle builders told buyiers not to use Optimax in one of their up market bikes.

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