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All the Ultimate bowsers at the BP i pulled into this morning (Melbourne) all had the 'out of order' tags on them...

um... how can a petrol co be out of petrol? :( well... a certain type of petrol...

doesnt the east coast get bp fuel from wa?

since thats the only bp in aust?

I heard it only affects West Australian fuel supplies, but I could be wrong. Maybe BP buys fuel off other refineries on the east coast?

EDIT: Here is the news report if you're interested http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...dpost&p=1710030

Edited by Big Rizza

Here's the story:

Last Update: Saturday, November 12, 2005. 12:23pm (AEDT)

BP defends delay in going public over fuel shortage

As reserves of premium unleaded fuel dry up in Western Australia, petrol producer BP has defended its decision to delay telling motorists about the problem.

BP supplies premium unleaded to more than 600 retailers state-wide but has been unable to produce the fuel since a mechanical fault occurred at its Kwinana refinery.

The breakdown occurred two weeks ago but BP only went public yesterday.

Company spokesman Peter Metcalfe says service stations are already starting to run out.

"There's around about a dozen BP sites have run out completely and I think in all honesty that situation is likely to grow," he said.

Mr Metcalfe has defended the time it took to alert the motoring public.

He says the company was not sure at first whether it had an issue and, once the scale of the problem was realised, it tried unsuccessfully to source additional supplies from overseas.

Motorists who can are being urged to switch to regular unleaded until supplies are restored - hopefully - by late this month.

The Motor Trade Association says the fuel shortage shows there is a need to set up fuel reserves in Western Australia.

The executive director of the association, Peter Fitzpatrick, says the Government should stockpile fuel to help deal with any future shortages.

"We are very exposed with one refinery where you can have it break down or get some contamination, and I think that the Government, and I've asked them to do it, to look at it before, should have a strategic reserve set aside for just this sort of contingency," he said.

Source: http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200511/s1505215.htm

Well the WA refinery supplies Aus so it's going to affect everyone Aus wide, which sucks. I heard about this on the radio the other day and promptly filled up my tank, but it is a bit of a joke that this could even happen in the first place...

Cheers

They can't warn people as if they did 2 weeks back, they would have run dry in a couple of days. People panic buy. I have been victim to rumors and facts with fuel before and been caught up in it. The best thing is to do as they did and let the news come out gradually as the stocks ran out.

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