Is supermarket fuel lower quality than the petrol from BP, Esso and the other majors ? What's the difference?

Answer 1

Some higher octane fuels contain higher levels of detergent additives compared to the regular grades.

Regarding gasoline brands, for the most part, gasoline is gasoline and what makes it Shell or BP or Philips 66 is the additives. In fact, the same refinery may provide all your local name brands and no-name fuels, simply adding the additives before trucking the fuel to your local station.

Most people buy the lowest octane fuel that prevents knock and ping. When you put premium fuel into a car that is meant to run on regular you get absolutely no benefit. Consult your owners manual for the type of fuel your car is suppose to run on.

Answer 2

My gf works for Marathon Fuel and as a previous person stated; it all comes outta the same pipeline. It is offloaded on the coast and pumped inland via pipeline. If supermarket pays for 1000gal of gas they pump it right outta same line Exxon pumps their 1000gal out of. The only difference is some companies ad additives AFTER they get it out of line. Techtron, ethelene, detergents. All are added to the shipment after it is pumped outta main pipeline; either by truckload, or small plants. But basic product is the same.
The reason supermrkts can chrg less is that Exxon, BP Shell, and such also have a financial burden in the wells, ships, and refineries they own as well. supermrkt only has to pay for a transport truck and cost of fuel.

Answer 3

The quality is the same. It is a means to attract customers to the supermarket with the idea that they will make up the difference in the gas price on products sold in the store. Some supermarkets with a purchase of x amount of groceries give a larger discount on gas. Most of them require a store member card for the discount.

Answer 4

There could not be too much of a difference. I was informed recently by a Physician friend stating that we must buy only Murphy Oil Gas, such as they have at Walmart, because Valore is Mexican owned and all Citgo'S STATIONS ARE MUSLIM OWNED. I have no reason to doubt this doctor, he is very informed.

Answer 5

food market fuels don't have as many ingredients i watched a programme a pair of years in the past and because then purely use branded [Bp meant tobe progressed on ingredients it fairly is how there slightly costlier

Answer 6

There isn't any difference among them--it all comes out of the same pipelines (a point the commercials neglet to tell you). The only difference is between regular, premium, etc.