Possible petrol shortage?

BlueRover · Post by **BlueRover** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:05 pm

It was reported in the Metro News today that a major refinery in Scotland was going to be taken offline while there is a two day strike. The run-down is necessary in advance due to safety issues. It's possible that after the strike, it will take a while to get it running at capacity due to the nature of oil refining and there were reports of some people in Scotland panic buying.
Just how far south this is going to affect things is not known but it did mention northern England too.

600_Nutta · Post by **600_Nutta** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:06 pm

If that happens, it will be like last time, or even worse

Glad ive gone derv now

dreaddan · Post by **dreaddan** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:09 pm

aparently theres nothing to worry about due to stocks.
Untill numptys start hording it

mg-richard · Post by **mg-richard** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:29 pm

ignorance is bliss

Roboscot · Post by **Roboscot** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:31 pm

There has been panic buying here yeah, they are saying to just buy petrol as normal but of course everyone sees a queue and thinks they had better get in it. And brim the tank of course, so many stations are dry

Post by **Punx0r** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:13 pm

People are idiots.

mg-richard · Post by **mg-richard** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:15 pm

Punx0r wrote:People are idiots.

2nd'd

Steve220 · Post by **Steve220** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:09 pm

its just faff

fergy7197 · Post by **fergy7197** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:36 pm

i filled up as normal on tuesday morning!!

took me 40 mins!!!

folk are panic buying but i havent heard much on the news to be honest.

Post by **Punx0r** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:53 pm

Perhaps even the jounos don't want to encourage the fools

volf · Post by **volf** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:15 pm

I filled my tank about a week ago. As I dont drive everywhere that often, My tank is still full!

But yes, People, Are stupid.

victor3 · Post by **victor3** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:47 am

Not so much a shortage but the price variation .... has prompted me to only half fill the Rover, so that if I see somewhere that sells cheap stuff, I can top it off.

Geo_coupe · Post by **Geo_coupe** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:52 am

heard on the news this morning theres a garage in fife charging £1.45 a litre for diesel

rovex · Post by **rovex** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 4:32 pm

I noticed the cheapest unleaded near me jumped 2p yesterday and i was forced to pay 111.9 for unleaded today because i was a bit short and had to use the nearest pumps. Its terrible. However i just got a new job paying 3.5K more and i wont need to pay for travel anymore so by the end of the year i can return to a 20mpg turbo rover again!!

-Alex- · Post by **-Alex-** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 4:46 pm

Still about the 110p / litre mark here - boy am I glad I learned how to drive slowly and smoothly in the 3.0 - 27 MPG combined at the moment. I did go through a phase of about 21 MPG not so long back before I changed the tires

No mention of shortages here locally or in the oil-related publishings we get every day in work

gib786 · Post by **gib786** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 2:11 pm

Just went to fill up, 107.9! I remember when everyone was kicking off over fuel hitting the pound mark, now its steadly rising and no one seems to care. Suppose theres sod all we can do since we rely on the stuff so much.

Petrol station was suprisingly busy, I ended up tanking the car for the first time simply cos I cant be arsed filling up for the next couple of weeks. Getting dreadfull economy though, just under 100 miles from £20 worth of fuel, from a 1.6!

victor3 · Post by **victor3** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 2:16 pm

All this price increase doesn't bother me as I always put £20 worth in!

fergy7197 · Post by **fergy7197** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:40 pm

well thats it really beginning to take a bit more effect here, all the stations around here have a £20 limit on all fuel transactions - 1 local garage shut - the other has half the pumps shut, bigger stations are mobbed!!!

this is just a total carry on - this is an excellent time for any workforce to strike!! - since mr Brown seems to like u - turning!!

i really think all of this over the last week certainly has highlighted brown as a very weak leader.

this would have never have happened while blair was in power!!

sorry - ill take my political rant hat off now!!! lol

victor3 · Post by **victor3** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:09 pm

TBH, if there's one thing that will make motorists panic-queue, it's telling them that despite the biggest refinery in Scotland closing, there's no shortage!

Post by **agw_01** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:49 pm

I filled up last night on the way home from work, but when a mate told me that he saw people panic buying I thought I might as well top the car up.

I'm not one of these people to think "OMG FUEL SHORTAGE!!", but I travel 40 miles each way to work so can't be without it.

If these muppets are going to run the stations dry, I want to make sure I've got enough to get me to work and back before they do so.

Jonny 5 · Post by **Jonny 5** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 12:15 am

I imagine most 'muppets' are doing exactly the same.

I think this time rather than panic buying people are just trying to save cash as the prices ill no doubt rise during the strike.

Roboscot · Post by **Roboscot** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 1:51 am

fergy7197 wrote:i really think all of this over the last week certainly has highlighted brown as a very weak leader.

this would have never have happened while blair was in power!!

sorry - ill take my political rant hat off now!!! lol

Are you suggesting blair was a strong leader?!

fergy7197 · Post by **fergy7197** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 3:13 pm

without starting a sh**tstorm here lol - yes i think blair was better than brown!! - but im sure many beg to differ!!

but from what i have seen so far i think so.

its just my opinion

*waits for the sh**storm to start* lol

Roboscot · Post by **Roboscot** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:31 pm

Lol believe me the last thing I want to get into is a political argument, I'll save my breath for something I actually give a monkeys about!

I probably agree that blair was better than brown so far though although I wouldnt say he was a strong leader. Brown just seems out of his depth, he doesnt come across as the leader of a powerful country.

dreaddan · Post by **dreaddan** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 10:06 am

fkers! had cleaned out all the stations in north n-u-l had to go to the services to make sure I could get to work!
Even saw ppl buying jerry cans before filling up as well!

JAKEBARLZ · Post by **JAKEBARLZ** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 10:18 am

stupid panick i had to wait 45 mins for fuel yday.... place was rammed

victor3 · Post by **victor3** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:36 pm

Overheard:-

'Yeah, I had to wait nearly an hour in a queue at BP to top my tank up from 3/4 full to full! Bloody panic buyers'!

Berger · Post by **Berger** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:11 pm

Not had an issue buying fuel anywhere ive stopped in the last week, brimmed it every time and not had to queue.

Leo · Post by **Leo** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:13 pm

Not exactly related but pretty close - Dad told me that he'd heard on the news today that 'they' reckon by August we could be looking at £1.50/litre

dreaddan · Post by **dreaddan** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:28 pm

US outrage at 50p per litre fuel

People in the US are reportedly changing their holiday plans - after petrol reached the "ridiculous" price of up to 50p a litre.

The national average for unleaded fuel is $3.53 a US gallon - which works out at just over 47p a litre.

But the price in California, the most expensive state for 'gas' in the US, has reached 51p a litre with diesel even higher at 59p.

US motorists will get little sympathy from their British counterparts where petrol is well over £1 a litre and diesel around £1.20.

But Americans have long been used to cheaper fuel prices and the latest increases are reportedly hitting home hard.

Troy Green, of the American Automobile Association, told CNN that Americans should expect the price to go up another 25 cents over the next month and continue to climb over the summer.

He says rising fuel prices is leading Americans to change their vacation plans. People are expected to stay closer to home, use less expensive hotels, eat at fast-food restaurants and hunt for online bargains.

"It seems many American consumers are being hard hit from multiple directions, and their overall budgets are being maxed to the limit," Mr Green said.

The most expensive city is San Francisco where commuter Debbie Jasmin has stopped driving her gas-guzzling 4WD and started taking the subway to work. She's also curbed summer travel plans.

"I don't really think we have seen the worst of it," she said.

JAKEBARLZ · Post by **JAKEBARLZ** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:52 pm

£1.50 is a f*kin joke.... wot a stupid place this has become to live... i recently lost my job and they want me to claim JSA for 6 months befoer they gimme any help trianing... and now this stupid petrol "shortage"...
LPG conversion here i come

mg-richard · Post by **mg-richard** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:58 pm

agw_01 wrote:I filled up last night on the way home from work, but when a mate told me that he saw people panic buying I thought I might as well top the car up.

I'm not one of these people to think "OMG FUEL SHORTAGE!!", but I travel 40 miles each way to work so can't be without it.

If these muppets are going to run the stations dry, I want to make sure I've got enough to get me to work and back before they do so.

YOUR RESPONSIBLE CANT YOU SEE

Leo · Post by **Leo** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 4:09 pm

dreaddan wrote:
US outrage at 50p per litre fuel

People in the US are reportedly changing their holiday plans - after petrol reached the "ridiculous" price of up to 50p a litre.

The national average for unleaded fuel is $3.53 a US gallon - which works out at just over 47p a litre.

But the price in California, the most expensive state for 'gas' in the US, has reached 51p a litre with diesel even higher at 59p.

US motorists will get little sympathy from their British counterparts where petrol is well over £1 a litre and diesel around £1.20.

But Americans have long been used to cheaper fuel prices and the latest increases are reportedly hitting home hard.

Troy Green, of the American Automobile Association, told CNN that Americans should expect the price to go up another 25 cents over the next month and continue to climb over the summer.

He says rising fuel prices is leading Americans to change their vacation plans. People are expected to stay closer to home, use less expensive hotels, eat at fast-food restaurants and hunt for online bargains.

"It seems many American consumers are being hard hit from multiple directions, and their overall budgets are being maxed to the limit," Mr Green said.

The most expensive city is San Francisco where commuter Debbie Jasmin has stopped driving her gas-guzzling 4WD and started taking the subway to work. She's also curbed summer travel plans.

"I don't really think we have seen the worst of it," she said.

They really have no idea do they. Even when I first started driving back in 1999 and got my first car in 2000, petrol was ~70p/litre, more expensive 8 yrs ago here than it is there now, and they're complaining

walshy.walsh · Post by **walshy.walsh** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 4:22 pm

welcome to 1973

Post by **Din** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 4:36 pm

I manged to fill up in aberdeen on saturday but most of the 95ron pumps were coverd, seeing as i had to get back to swindon yesterday i brimmed it, that got me as far as carslisle easily and i had no probs filling there.
All seems normal down here in swindon tbh.