Fuel at Border City

I figured diesel would be cheaper at the Hub in Glennallen, but it was 50 cents higher than the last place I filled up in Cananda

That place has always had higher fuel prices during my times passing thru there...the few times I commuted the long way to Anchorage I topped off there as well as The Hub was cheaper priced versus Paxson.

I last time I purchased fuel there in 1995 thinking I better fuel up here so I would'nt have to pay Valdez prices, however finding out later Valdez sold fuel much cheaper than The Hub...

The following year a friend that formally resided in Glennallen told me the prices in Gakona Junction nearby were significantly cheaper, and I confirmed that as it was anywhere between 12c to 25c per US Gallon cheaper....even gas at Kenny Lake was cheaper than The Hub when I compared prices along the way.

I too asked the bulk plant manager in Fairbanks why certain locations in Alaska had such a price range variation, as over 15 years ago I was told the North Pole refinery supplied fuel for the entire Alaska Interior, Fairbanks thru Healy on the Parks Hwy, Delta Jct thru Dot Lake on the Alaska Hwy, the entire Richardson Hwy route Fairbanks to Valdez...

The Kenai Tesoro refinery back in the day as I was told supplied fuel for all of the Kenai Peninsula, Anchorage, Southcentral Alaska, Parks Hwy thru Cantwell, the entire Glenn Hwy route and Tok Cutoff, Tok thru Border City on the Alaska Hwy.

Which this would make sense comparing the higher fuel prices in Glennallen, Tok, Border City and Cantwell if their fuel is trucked in from Kenai.

I have no idea if a certain refinery supplies Chicken with fuel or if they were subjected to a supplier route, however I have seen single fuel tanker Alaska Petroleum trucks (based in North Pole) hauling fuel to Eagle on the Taylor Hwy.

I asked about Southeast Alaska communities and was told they get their supply from Washington State via barged in back in the day.

This topic got started when I asked why 100 octane low lead AVGAS was 50 cents per US Gallon higher practically overnight when I was purchasing, as the bulk plant manager told me at the time the Martinez California refinery was the only 100 octane AVGAS supplier for all of Alaska as the serious catastrophe event happened that shut down supply, as they were now recieving AVGAS supplies from one of the Texas refineries instead until the Martinez California plant is restored....no Alaska refineries produce AVGAS at all which I found mindboggling compared to all the small aircraft that are around throughout Alaska.

Since the revised state royalty oil tax kicked in which the oil companies directly passed the increases to the refineries for their delivery of crude, the refineries have passed those increases to us consumers which is why Alaska fuel prices have increased around 25 percent or so compared to the US national average price.

This in turn had made various changes as pointed out on how delivery of processed fuel is delivered now in Alaska, to what extent I have no idea but have heard North Pole Refinery now supplies fuel to Anchorage however I have not confirmed if it is the case.

From what I understand - Northern BC and Yukon Canada gets their fuel supply trucked in from Alberta as one of their refineries had a shutdown for an extended period last year which impacted immediate increases in pricing at Whitehorse which was reported here on RV.Net.... I also talked to a couple of fuel haulers from Alberta for 40 minutes in Liard Hot Springs last September that were both pulling doubles, as they admired my old truck (and stated they spotted me before in the past), as their main assigned route is hauling fuel to Dawson City.

Two years ago while I was at White River in the Yukon, a fuel truck had blared the horn as he waived passing by while we were all gathering around the campfire, as the owner knew the trucker while mentioning he was independent and supplying various places either getting fuel supply from Washington State or Haines...to the extent of the routes I do not know as it was unclear to me how or who or what or where these fuel deliveries were taking place but I could guess some group is saving or making more bucks by making the trouble to deliver the fuel this way.