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I have read that some of the major brands of service stations are trying to keep some stations open in each part of town. They do this be letting some go dry for a while, and fill up others. There isn't really enough gat to keep all the stations ope, but they can try to keep a rotating group of them open.
What is so odd about this whole scenario is that there is so much disparity between regions right now. I understand there are different major pipelines servicing different regions from different origination points, but is there really no way to balance things out between regions? Is it that difficult to take resources from the Midwest to help out the SE and NE? During this whole episode, KC, MO has seen unleaded prices briefly go up, but now prices are once again descending, currently under $3.40/gallon.
This is just conjecture on my part, but if we're at or below MOL, which posters well-versed in the industry have been warning about for some time on here, then the only way to keep any flow going at all is to cut off some delivery points. There's not enough to keep the pressure up in all the pipelines, so some must be shut off or at least down to keep most of the system operating. It appears from what has been said on here that just this is happening, and that the most vulnerable points are taking turns with little or no delivery, so the rest of the nation can have BAU. The alternative is shutting down the whole system until stocks are back above MOL. Don't think that's doable politically, nor sensible logistically.
Which makes me wonder if Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee are being made to suffer so that the poor dears in and around the Imperial Capital won't have to suffer any inconvenience?