BP DIESEL SUPREME ? WHERE TO GET FOR JOBBER ?

[NWOHIO]

For many years I used BP ( Standard Oil ) Diesel Supreme. It always worked well in my olds as well as 2 Mercedes diesels !

In recently checking, diesel 2 is listed as a cetane of 40 - 45. BP advertises a starting
diesel supreme cetane rating of a minimum of 47 & up.

So - BP was using a better fuel, plus their own additive package -

The local BP jobber says there are only a few places to pick up true BP Diesel Supreme.

He delivers diesel 2 with other additives, but does not ever call his product Diesel Supreme.

How about if those who know of true BP Diesel Supreme production - tell me where.

I'm in NW Ohio, and I checked at the Lima refinery, and they have none in either their
north or south fuel areas of the Lima refinery.

 

[earlyre]

Check with Toledo refinery? Afaik it's still 50/50 between BP/Husky.... (Husky owns the Lima refinery, which according to their accounts make 25% of the gas sold in OH....)

 

[skyactiv]

How much you plan on buying? You live in NW Ohio, so if your willing to drive to Indiana for the best diesel fuel, check this out: http://www.countrymark.com/countrymark/Fuels/PremiumDieselex-4/ProdSpecs.aspx

 

[roadrunner1]

BP no longer sells their diesel supreme in this part of the country, when they sold the Lima refinery (which is where it was refined) Valero supplied it for a time, but no more. I have four bulk tanks and only buy BP fuel, my supplier can call it BP supreme diesel, but not BP diesel supreme.

They have a bulk station on the pipeline and blend their own additive package.

BP diesel supreme/Amaaco ultimate was an exclusive product to NW OH/eastern IN/SE MI for many years as the Lima refinery had a special process to crack the crude. With the advent of USLD everything had to be redone in the refining process, making it obsolete.

I use Schumacher BP, they are a large distributor here and have always have treated me fair.

 

[NWOHIO]

---- so they just use diesel 2 with their additive, call is supreme diesel, and sell
it to their (your) jobber and then to you -- right ?

 

[NWOHIO]

Sounds like CountryMark takes someones #2 diesel and adds enough cetane improver to bring
it up to 50. Do you know who actually refines their base fuel ? They make reference to
CountryMark and non-CountryMark terminals, but not where it comes from - ?

 

[Nyogtha]

They have a small niche refinery in southern Indiana.

http://www.countrymark.com/countrymark/AboutUs/Refinery.aspx

I doubt this supplies 100% of what they market since they reference using non-Countrymark terminals as well.

 

[roadrunner1]

Originally Posted By: NWOHIO
---- so they just use diesel 2 with their additive, call is supreme diesel, and sell
it to their (your) jobber and then to you -- right ?


Not exactly, the fuel distributor adds the additive at the terminal. This is really no different that gasoline, the fuel is a commodity treated to a certain spec. The original BP diesel supreme was a specific product refined at one refinery (for this region) that no longer exists. The distributors can't call it BP diesel supreme.