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Would cutting production of midgrade gas help with fuel pricing?
Posted on 6/26/22 at 12:49 pm
Posted on 6/26/22 at 12:49 pm
I am an outsider in the world of oil and gas but what is the point of midgrade gas? Either you want cheap gas and dont care about the performance or you have a car that needs premium. Who buys midgrade?
Would cutting the production of midgrade help with more supply and helping bring down prices?
Would cutting the production of midgrade help with more supply and helping bring down prices?
Posted on 6/26/22 at 12:51 pm to flyAU
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Who buys midgrade?
I've also always wondered this.
Posted on 6/26/22 at 12:52 pm to flyAU
Cutting having 100 different blends would help
Also cutting out ethanol
Also cutting out ethanol
Posted on 6/26/22 at 12:52 pm to flyAU
I was always under the assumption mid grade is just blended regular and premium
Posted on 6/26/22 at 12:52 pm to flyAU
I use midgrade in my lawn equipment.
That's all I got.
That's all I got.
Posted on 6/26/22 at 12:52 pm to flyAU
Maybe, but we could also stop demanding that producers put corn in their gasoline for the sole purpose of pandering to the state of Iowa.
This post was edited on 6/26/22 at 12:54 pm
Posted on 6/26/22 at 12:55 pm to Vamos Brandonos
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I use midgrade in my lawn equipment.
Why? Is it recommended or your choice?
Posted on 6/26/22 at 12:56 pm to flyAU
Supply is tight now that's why the price is high.
When it gets really ugly the midgrade will be dropped because it won't be selling.
Posted on 6/26/22 at 12:57 pm to flyAU
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Why? Is it recommended or your choice?
Commercial grade equipment, some of it is recommended. Plus I find it runs better at higher rpms so it's worth the cost to make my grass cutting life easier.
Posted on 6/26/22 at 12:58 pm to Indefatigable
but it’s “RENEWABLE”
Posted on 6/26/22 at 1:01 pm to diat150
quote:This is correct.
I was always under the assumption mid grade is just blended regular and premium
So to answer the OP’s question, there is no production specific to refining Mid-Grade gasoline.
Posted on 6/26/22 at 1:01 pm to diat150
quote:
I was always under the assumption mid grade is just blended regular and premium
That is correct.
Posted on 6/26/22 at 1:02 pm to flyAU
Most stations will only have premium and regular fuel tanks, and mid-grade is blended at the pump. It can be made and delivered, but there’s no real purpose in that.
As for the “additives”, those are all blended in at the terminal. So from a fuel supply perspective, it doesn’t matter. It all comes the same from the refinery, regardless of who produced it. The terminal adds the appropriate proprietary additives as it’s pumped into the delivery truck.
As for the “additives”, those are all blended in at the terminal. So from a fuel supply perspective, it doesn’t matter. It all comes the same from the refinery, regardless of who produced it. The terminal adds the appropriate proprietary additives as it’s pumped into the delivery truck.
Posted on 6/26/22 at 1:03 pm to diat150
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I was always under the assumption mid grade is just blended regular and premium

Posted on 6/26/22 at 1:05 pm to Vamos Brandonos
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I use midgrade in my lawn equipment.
Dumb
Should be using ethanol free
Posted on 6/26/22 at 1:09 pm to Cosmo
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Should be using ethanol free
I go through the gas so quickly that it doesn't make a difference.
Posted on 6/26/22 at 1:16 pm to flyAU
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Who buys midgrade?
The manufacturer recommends mid grade for my truck, so I do.
Posted on 6/26/22 at 1:18 pm to flyAU
Refining produces their largest volume of gasoline below the pump octane of 87. Yes refining produces blend stock gasoline with higher octane numbers.
The low octane gasoline (largest volume produced) and the higher octane gasoline (smaller volume produced) are then blended to achieve pump grades of 87, 89 and 91/92. These now blended grades of gasoline are then transported to local gas stations via truck and offloaded to the respective tanks .
The low octane gasoline (largest volume produced) and the higher octane gasoline (smaller volume produced) are then blended to achieve pump grades of 87, 89 and 91/92. These now blended grades of gasoline are then transported to local gas stations via truck and offloaded to the respective tanks .
Posted on 6/26/22 at 1:22 pm to Bow08tie
So, to the OP, would just refining to 89 be much more efficient and plentiful? Seems like it would be.
Posted on 6/26/22 at 1:25 pm to flyAU
We passed a $500 billion dollar package last year for infrastructure. We could also just remove all of the taxes paid on gasoline……forever.
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