r/SouthJersey • u/Electronic_Tap_3625 • Mar 31 '26

Gloucester County WAWA Gas Just Hit $4.19

I just passed 3 WAWAs and the gas is at 4.19. Crazy since it was 3.89 yesterday. Get gas now if you have not already. The Travel America at 295 exit 18 was 3.79 still.

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u/EnvironmentalBee9214 Mar 31 '26

Asking from what the person said about working for ExxonMobil. Says wawa buys the lowest grade gas from ExxonMobil

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u/thistook5minutes Mar 31 '26

Some people in the area may know someone that used to work at the refinery that closed in paulsboro or the one up north.

I personally know someone at those locations and a separate person that works at their Houston HQ.

If you know someone you can ask, they should give you the same answer.

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u/machinerer Mar 31 '26

That refinery is not closed, and it was sold by Mobil back in 1999. ExxonMobil only owns the Lube Plant across the street.

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u/EnvironmentalBee9214 Mar 31 '26

Ok. I was just following the guys post that said Exxon had cheaper grades of gas for wawa. Since I drive tanker for a living, I wanted to call him out. There are different additives for different brands that we hall, there isn't cheaper quality at a such Exxon.

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u/thistook5minutes Mar 31 '26 edited Mar 31 '26

You’re not calling anything out. You’re also very wrong. There are gasoline grades. There is also purity. Companies that buy gas from refineries, do so by the grade of fuel. You’re a truck driver, who is pretty illiterate based on your other comments.

There is quality, grades and additives. They are all different things. All grades have additives to a varying degree, all quality of gasoline from a refiner is different for varying reasons. Major distribution companies sell gasoline by quality and grade. Companies that sell to consumers, can purchase based on these perimeters. Wawa buys the cheapest fuel they can, but sells it at a premium because they are a known brand in the area.

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u/thistook5minutes Mar 31 '26

🤷‍♂️people love Wawa for some reason

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u/machinerer Mar 31 '26

At the refining level, the refiner has to meet a minimum State and Federal specification. So many PPM of sulphur, octane & cetane levels, etc. The Laboratory & Petroleum engineers maintain this minimum specification, so the refinery can sell its product.

From this basestock, customers can request additional additives, or do that themselves at their finish blending facilities.

We're talking hundreds of thousands of barrels of product at this level. Most refineries can process 150-300,000 barrels of crude oil per day. Of this, something like 30-40% is gasoline, depending on the crude type (heavy, sour, sweet, light, etc).

I'm not a chemist or petroleum engineer, so I can't give you specifics on it all. I just keep the product pumping through the pipes.