BP Says Off-Spec Fuel Situation Under Control

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The greater Indianapolis area recently had a BP gasoline recall as midgrade and premium gasoline were off specification. Some of that gasoline was sold in the Knox and Culver BP stations. The regular unleaded gasoline was not affected and meets quality standards after testing.

BP officials indicated that the source of the problem was identified and it has been fixed.

Drivers who suspect they may have purchased off-specification premium or midgrade fuel in the Indianapolis area or at the Knox or Culver BP gas stations are encouraged to call 1-800-599-9040 to make a claim.

The company stated that BP sells more than 50 million gallons of quality gasoline in the U.S. every day and they are committed to working with affected BP consumers to make good on that guarantee.

BP Releases List of Sites Affected By Tainted Fuel

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BP has released a searchable database containing a list of the gasoline retail sites that sold off-specification gasoline. BP says this gasoline has been associated with problems related to the alkylation unit at their refinery in Whiting.

BP officials say that once these locations were identified, each retail site was instructed to immediately stop selling the tainted fuel and to properly clean out their tanks and dispose of the material. They say the problem at the Whiting refinery has been fixed, and they are now only supplying terminals with gasoline that meet their “rigorous quality standards.”

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BP Still Searching For Initial Cause Of Gas Contamination

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Things are starting to get back to normal after last week’s issue with BP. Don Good from the Good Oil Company said BP officials are still trying to pinpoint the initial cause.

“They’re suspecting that it was a polymer that got out of balance on the blending of it,” said Good. “It only affected the areas that sell reformulated gasoline, which in Indiana there’s only two counties that sell it and those are Lake and Porter. Clean air-type gasoline is only sold in those two counties in Indiana and then the Chicagoland area was also affected.”

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Hoosier BP Customers May Have Received Contaminated Gas

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Some BP customers may have gotten a surprise when last they filled up their tank, as the company announced that motorists who bought fuel at a northwest Indiana BP station, or one supplied by BP, may have filled their vehicles with contaminated fuel.

BP’s general manager for press relations, Scott Dean, says they have pinpointed the contaminated fuel to a tank at their Whiting refinery fuel storage terminal, and he says it may have been diesel fuel or fuel oil that somehow got mixed in with regular unleaded gasoline. Customers most at risk are those in northwest Indiana, within the immediate area of the Whiting terminal, but GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan says there are other areas that may be affected as well.

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