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Old 13th April 2021, 21:38   #17
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Originally Posted by JohnnyBG View Post
"(Except in Devon, Cornwall, North Wales, North England and Scotland)"

Why? Surely there should be some explanation.

JohnnyBG
It is due to the pipework structure that delivers fuel from the refinery at Fawley.
Esso own the largest privately owned underground pipework network, in the UK, that deliver fuel to terminals, such as Avonmouth (Bristol), Erdington (Birmingham), Purfleet (Essex)and Stanwell (near Heathrow in Middlesex).
Sadly, their infrastructure does not include areas such as Devon, Cornwall, North Wales, North England and Scotland and they are serviced by their 3rd party terminal suppliers.

As far as I am aware, no fuel is supplied from any refinery, that contains ethanol, due to it's highly corrosive properties on such pipework, and other substrates that has contact with it.
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