Adelaide Petrol

[bobthebilda]

Just putting two and two together here and predicting the outcome of fuel prices for those in Adelaide. I live close to the water and on a daily basis observe the number and types of ships awaiting entry into Port Adelaide. Knowing that Adelaide only has 7 days storage capacity (minus petrol stations), the last fuel tanker (MuLanWan) is currently being offloaded in the Port, and the ship tracking website showing no full tankers within a few days of Adelaide, then todays prices of $1.49 a litre wont be around in a few days.

[Nova 8]

I don't bother looking at price anymore, when I need fuel I put it in and I'm happy when its under $100 for a tank.

[Blem]

I filled up on Glen Osmond rd this arvo.
Was about $1.65 but that's 98 tho.
Sounds MAD but I'm always pleased to fill up when it's under $1.70.
Cars not an everdayer so I can usually hold out.
LPG for the van is a killer at over 90cents.

[Ben73]

I wish I could buy fuel for $1.49.

Last Diesel I bought was $1.65, last 95 unleaded was $1.75

[bobthebilda]

Its incredible that Adelaide fuel supplies are allowed to get down to such low levels. The last tanker has just unloaded at Port Adelaide, and by my guesstimate, its maximum load would have been approx. 1/2 of the daily use of South Australia.

Using the following ship tracking website-

http://www.freightmetrics.com.au/Mar...3/Default.aspx

Theres no ships coming along the bottom of the western australian coast to resupply Adelaide, and nothing yet has left Melbourne / or coming along the east coast headed for Adelaide. I have heard of Just in time delivery, but you must think that Adelaide sometimes just gets thru.

[xxx000]

you can relax

from the RAA website

Since the closure of the Port Stanvac Oil Refinery in 2003, the majority of SA’s petrol supplies are shipped in to Birkenhead. RAA understands that at any point in time there is 10 days of fuel held in storage at the Port Adelaide facilities.

those figures are plus service stations storage too

[Nova 8]

That says RAA understands not legislation states....

I really don't see the point in stressing about the price of fuel, it is what it is and you have the choice of either pay the asking price or go without. There is stuff all we can do about it so just chill and hope more people buy hybrids and ecoboxes so there is more fuel for the rest of us. Don't get me wrong, I understand it's a major bill for people, it's no different for me at $100pw, but how many people drive to their local shops or park. If fuel prices are and issue then walk or ride more not only is it good for your wallet but your health too.

[bobthebilda]

Originally Posted by Nova 8

That says RAA understands not legislation states....

I really don't see the point in stressing about the price of fuel, it is what it is and you have the choice of either pay the asking price or go without. There is stuff all we can do about it so just chill and hope more people buy hybrids and ecoboxes so there is more fuel for the rest of us. Don't get me wrong, I understand it's a major bill for people, it's no different for me at $100pw, but how many people drive to their local shops or park. If fuel prices are and issue then walk or ride more not only is it good for your wallet but your health too.

The main issue at hand is not the price, but the stock on hand. To be running a fuel supply system where stock levels are left to dwindle so low, is just ridiculous. Australia, as a member of the oecd has agreed to ensure a 90 day supply is on hand. People who say that they dont mind paying an extra 20 cents a litre are just deluding themselves. A petrol station without petrol aint gonna sell you any of it, regardless if you offer them $1.50 a litre or $5 a litre. In addition, people only earn money because the economy functions due to a reliable petrol supply, how many are going b to be laid off if fuel is disrupted for a few weeks (or more).

[xxx000]

^your opinion
not all the fuel comes by ship btw

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by bobthebilda

In addition, people only earn money because the economy functions due to a reliable petrol supply, how many are going b to be laid off if fuel is disrupted for a few weeks (or more).

Don't panic Bob, Melb is only a short drive away for supplies.

[pottery beige]

im stashing tins of beans just in case of petrol apocolypse

[bobthebilda]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

Don't panic Bob, Melb is only a short drive away for supplies.

Just doing the sums. Asumming Adelaide requires approx. 6 per cent of the 1 million barrels of oil used in Australia each day. 60 thousand barrels a day equates to approx. 300 fuel trucks driving between melbourne and adelaide each day. Melbourne may have more fuel storage than Adelaide, but they also arent built to take Adelaides requirements into account. You do realise that if 450 fuel trucks are spending a day and half driving between Melbourne and Adelaide, then they arent delivering to Victorian fuel stations.

[xxx000]

it's all under control

stop watching the ships Bob

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by bobthebilda

Just doing the sums. Asumming Adelaide requires approx. 6 per cent of the 1 million barrels of oil used in Australia each day. 60 thousand barrels a day equates to approx. 300 fuel trucks driving between melbourne and adelaide each day. Melbourne may have more fuel storage than Adelaide, but they also arent built to take Adelaides requirements into account. You do realise that if 450 fuel trucks are spending a day and half driving between Melbourne and Adelaide, then they arent delivering to Victorian fuel stations.

You have waaaay too much time on your hands

[pottery beige]

Originally Posted by xxx000

it's all under control

stop watching the ships Bob

bobtheboatstalker

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

You have waaaay too much time on your hands

Been spending time on the boyfriend/son/husband couches in the shopping centers, its what happens.

[BHDOGS]

I'm waking up to ash and dust
I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust
I'm breathing in the chemicals
I'm breaking in, shaping up, checking out on the prison bus
This is it, the apocalypse, whoa

[Chorus]
I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones
Enough to make my systems blow
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Whoa, whoa, I'm radioactive, radioactive
Whoa, whoa, I'm radioactive, radioactive

[Verse 2]
I raise my flags, dye my clothes
It's a revolution, I suppose

[rjr]

To my knowledge most of the oil company's changed to JIT for their stock some time ago. It was something to do with taxation I think.

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by rjr

To my knowledge most of the oil company's changed to JIT for their stock some time ago. It was something to do with taxation I think.

Everything is JIT these days, works fantastically when you have a good relationship with suppliers but when its not so squeaky clean it turns to **** really fast.

[Blem]

JIT & the casuallisation of the workforce is not beneficial to a healthy economy or workforce.
It only suits a businesses bottom dollar & that seems to be ALL that matters...

[XR6Runner]

$22 gets me 14 liters of bp98, and that lasts me a week and a half. I commute daily on my motorcycle. I keep my xr6 turbo for the long trips. You dont like the price of petrol, dont buy it, or buy a motorcycle. The amount of cars i see on the road in peak hour, with only one person in it, makes me laugh.

[csv8]

Watch LPG go up in price !!! and there's no collusion between oil companies!!!

[Nova 8]

Originally Posted by XR6Runner

The amount of cars i see on the road in peak hour, with only one person in it, makes me laugh.

THATS ME 😭. Although I only drive in peak hour traffic on Mondays. Rest of the week I start earlier. Motorbikes are a great solution and fun to boot.

I paid a bit over $110 for fuel this morning. I think it was $1.75/L, I still pay more per L for my morning coffee.

[pottery beige]

i make my coffee at home, it allows me to afford small luxuries like expensive petrol and commuting alone in peak hour

[rjr]

Originally Posted by csv8

Watch LPG go up in price !!! and there's no collusion between oil companies!!!

The excise tax on LPG goes up every July until 2015.

This is apart from normal market force price rises.

[Iggle Piggle]

Originally Posted by XR6Runner

The amount of cars i see on the road in peak hour, with only one person in it, makes me laugh.

Just a heads up - many of those cars did not leave home with one person in it. Can't use a motorbike to drop a couple of kids and bags and sports gear to school before heading in to work.

[jpblue1000]

Originally Posted by Iggle Piggle

Just a heads up - many of those cars did not leave home with one person in it. Can't use a motorbike to drop a couple of kids and bags and sports gear to school before heading in to work.

yes you can
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=v...w=1219&bih=822

Vietnamese can do it!

[Iggle Piggle]

I stand corrected - appears you can do all that and more including a Bunnings run for a new door

[jpblue1000]

Im not sure how our constabulary would view it but it can physically be done...well by some anyway!

[MercurySilver]

fuel still around 1.55 for normal around me
gas is still 1.06 out here so i drive to gawler and get it for 89.9
saved nearly 12 bucks on filling the tank