More BP follies......

[marmar]

By Robert Channick Tribune staff
5:18 p.m. CDT, August 22, 2012


Contaminated fuel from BP's Whiting, Ind., refinery made its way to some 200 retail outlets in Northwest Indiana, Chicago and the suburbs -- along with 20 stations in the Milwaukee area, the company said Wednesday.

More than 7,000 customer complaints over the bad gas had reached BP as of Wednesday afternoon, a spokesman said.

BP believes it has identified the full distribution of a 50,000-barrel batch of bad gas that has been fouling cars in four states since last week. Station operators have been instructed not to sell the recalled gas, which is being trucked back to Whiting for reprocessing, according to the company.

Roughly 2.1 million gallons of gasoline were recalled by BP's Whiting refinery after hundreds of reports of hard-starting and stalling vehicles from motorists flooded Chicago area repair shops this week. BP issued a statement Tuesday, saying the gasoline was blended at its Whiting storage terminal between Aug. 13 and 17 and contained a "higher than normal level of polymeric residue." ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-bp-says-tainted-gas-made-it-to-200-stations-20120822,0,4604197.story

[Historic NY]

1. Tars sands oil great for your engine....

I'd love to see the inside the combustion chambers of these engines.

[russspeakeasy]

2. When I see a BP sign, I keep going.

I haven't spent a dime with them since Katrina.

[dballance]

3. If I needed engine work now would be the time

Could get expensive if "fouled engines" start to turn into "ruined engines."