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punyXpress

26-04-08 10:53 PM

Re: Fuel queues...

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Originally Posted by suicidesam (Post 1491652)

Al this fuel shortage cr@p is doing my head in... was forced to use my car for a few days this week since all the local garages has been run dry Sun/Monday. There is plenty fuel to go round between the storage at Kinneil, and the Finnart terminal on Kitty's wibbly wobbly road. (East and west coast are linked by pipeline) As for shutting the plant down.. They are just making a big deal out of it to make the strike look bad. Every year they have various "Shutdowns" for repair work.. usually 2-3 weeks for the Cracker unit that makes the fuel, nobody knows anything about them though till they fire the plant up and the sky turns orange again.
Glad i dont work there anymore :D

Now the plant is shut down & presumably cooling, will they bring forward any maintenance to avoid later shutdowns?

suicidesam

27-04-08 11:04 PM

Re: Fuel queues...

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Originally Posted by punyXpress (Post 1491692)

Now the plant is shut down & presumably cooling, will they bring forward any maintenance to avoid later shutdowns?

Nope.. Coz they are all out on strike, No lazy sod's in the control rooms.. no permits to go set fire to things. (not that i enjoyed fire tenders appearing where i was welding) :mrgreen:
Takes months to organise all the new pipework and other stuff that gets installed, 90% of all the shutdown work is carried out by us "subbies". Worked in BP/Innovene for 9 years with a contract pipework company, and used to love getting hired out to the BP's own workshop.. was like being on holiday working for them!

Lissa

28-04-08 05:49 AM

Re: Fuel queues...

Well, we had no problem getting fuel yesterday anywhere. No big queues, no panic. Maybe most people are just being sensible this time and not falling for media hysteria.:)

xXBADGERXx

28-04-08 06:06 AM

Re: Fuel queues...

I saw massive queues at Tesco`s in Llandudno Junction , and thought "blow that I`ll fill up elsewhere" ..... that`s when I realised why the queues were so bad , I went to Esso only to find it had been knocked down this week ................... DOH!!!!!

kwak zzr

28-04-08 07:51 AM

Re: Fuel queues...

petrol stations used to be everywhere but i know for sure by me they seem to be dwindling away, anyone know how much a garage makes on a litre of fuel? i know most of its tax :(

timwilky

28-04-08 08:01 AM

Re: Fuel queues...

One full tank (now £70) gets me to work twice.

Good job I ain't going. But the robbing gits have been hiking up the prices whenever Asda has run out.

kwak zzr

28-04-08 08:02 AM

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£10 gets me to work 4 times tis only 60miles per week tho.

gettin2dizzy

28-04-08 08:10 AM

Re: Fuel queues...

ANy idea why diesel cost so much more than petrol?

kwak zzr

28-04-08 08:12 AM

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cus our government are thieving robbing *******s.

gettin2dizzy

28-04-08 08:15 AM

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So who's pocketing the extra? The thieving git in number 10 or the thieving oil companies?

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