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Motorists in Oregon generally receive good gasoline
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1/18/2012
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Motorists in Oregon should feel pretty good about the quality of gasoline they are buying right now:
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The quality of Oregon's motor fuel is routinely checked by the Oregon Department of Agriculture. This past year's report card shows an A-plus, according to Clark Cooney of the Measurement Standards Division:
COONEY: "The businesses can feel that their competitors are working on a level playing field with them and the consumers can feel confident that the fuel they are buying is meeting national specifications." :12
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Out of more than 38-hundred fuel samples taken by ODA throughout the state- both gasoline and diesel- only 11 failed to meet national specifications. That means about 99.7 percent of the samples were good and in compliance. As much money as motorists now spend on gas and diesel, it's good to know that someone is looking at motor fuel quality- and not finding widespread problems:
COONEY: "The price of gasoline is going up. It's probably, once again, no end in sight. [Same with] the price of diesel fuel. So it's very important that fuel meet what the consumer expects to be buying." :13
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ODA inspectors look at the octane levels in gasoline to make sure motorists are getting the grade they are paying for. Among other things, they also look to make sure gasoline has a 10 percent blend of ethanol as required by law. Roughly 28-thousand fuel dispensers get checked at least once a year in Oregon. In Salem, I'm Bruce Pokarney.
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COONEY says inspectors have checked Oregon's motor fuel quality in 2011, and the results are encouraging:
"Overall, the quality of gasoline in the State of Oregon appears to be very, very good. The analysis that we have done over the past year has shown a high compliance rate of both gasoline and diesel fuel." :11
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COONEY says the problem of a couple of years ago, when diesel fuel blended with biodiesel was blamed for gelling problems in cold weather, have gone away even though the renewable fuel standard now requires 5 percent biodiesel in Oregon:
"Recently, we have pulled 26 diesel fuel samples since about the middle of December and all those samples have come back with good results, very good results." :10
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Full story
http://oregon.gov/ODA/news/120118motor_fuel.shtml
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