Caltex Closures

[Sojourner]

Happy New Year everyone. Any idea why all the CalTex stations are systematically shuttering up? Just happens to be my favorite gas.

[PeaceBlondie]

I never notice many of them. There is that one along the moat, south of Tha Pae gate. Did you know there are almost no stations inside the moat? My partner thought they were always outlawed there, but I think there were some.

[WinnieTheKhwai]

Does anyone know if there is still a Caltex station open in the Chiang Mai area?

I have some coupons left I need to use..

[Ajarn]

The CalTex on Mae Jo was open last I saw.

There was a Shell station on Rachadamnoen, inside the moat, for many years, did a good wash too

[Bill97]

I never notice many of them. There is that one along the moat, south of Tha Pae gate. Did you know there are almost no stations inside the moat? My partner thought they were always outlawed there, but I think there were some.

There were at least several inside the moat surrounded by sewing ladies hemming pants and all those cloths pip/pin sellers, probably why your partner missed them. One between AUA and Thapae Gate, another east of the Irish Pub and.......

[Groongthep]

Happy New Year everyone. Any idea why all the CalTex stations are systematically shuttering up? Just happens to be my favorite gas.

I have worked in the oil and petroleum product transportation business most of my adult life and can tell you that the gas you buy at one service station is essentially identical to the gasoline at another, especially among the bigger companies. CalTex is the name Chevron-Texaco uses outside of North America, Esso is ExxonMobil, Shell uses the same marketing name worldwide, PTT is a wholly owned Thai company I believe and I think BP uses the same name everywhere as well. All these companies and others are constantly selling oil and refined products amongst themselves. If, for example, PTT experiences a refinery shut down they will buy product from Esso in exchange for the promise that if Esso's plant is shut down in the future PTT will in turn sell them product, nearly all the major oil companies have these kinds of agreements amongst themselves. 89 octane gasoline at one station is the same as 89 octane gas at another. There are only a few oil refineries in Thailand mostly in the Sri Racha area (I know Thai Oil and Esso have facilities there) and they sell their refined products including gasoline to the distributors that supply most all the stations in the country, so the gas at the CalTel stations could very easiliy have come from the same refinery as the Shell or Esso stations across the street. Service at the different stations may vary of course, but the gasoline is usually the same.

Edited January 20, 2009 by Groongthep

[Bill97]

Happy New Year everyone. Any idea why all the CalTex stations are systematically shuttering up? Just happens to be my favorite gas.

I have worked in the oil and petroleum product transportation business most of my adult life and can tell you that the gas you buy at one service station is essentially identical to the gasoline at another, especially among the bigger companies. CalTex is the name Chevron-Texaco uses outside of North America, Esso is ExxonMobil, Shell uses the same marketing name worldwide, PTT is a wholly owned Thai company I believe and I think BP uses the same name everywhere as well. All these companies and others are constantly selling oil and refined products amongst themselves. If, for example, PTT experiences a refinery shut down they will buy product from Esso in exchange for the promise that if Esso's plant is shut down in the future PTT will in turn sell them product, nearly all the major oil companies have these kinds of agreements amongst themselves. 89 octane gasoline at one station is the same as 89 octane gas at another. There are only a few oil refineries in Thailand mostly in the Sri Racha area (I know Thai Oil and Esso have facilities there) and they sell their refined products including gasoline to the distributors that supply most all the stations in the country, so the gas at the CalTel stations could very easiliy have come from the same refinery as the Shell or Esso stations across the street. Service at the different stations may vary of course, but the gasoline is usually the same.

Interesting. Thanks.

What about a product like the premium diesel that Shell sells, is it really different or is it the same as the other diesel at least some of the time?

[ASHTONITE]

Nice to see intelligent posts... My father always seemed to think CHEVRON was better than SHELL... told him he is crazy :-P all the same.

[WinnieTheKhwai]

Have found another one open on the old Sankhamphaeng Road, in between the Middle and the Outer ring.

( Nong Hoi and the one on Aom Muang near Airport Plaza are closed. )

[Seneque]

Happy New Year everyone. Any idea why all the CalTex stations are systematically shuttering up? Just happens to be my favorite gas.

I have worked in the oil and petroleum product transportation business most of my adult life and can tell you that the gas you buy at one service station is essentially identical to the gasoline at another, especially among the bigger companies. CalTex is the name Chevron-Texaco uses outside of North America, Esso is ExxonMobil, Shell uses the same marketing name worldwide, PTT is a wholly owned Thai company I believe and I think BP uses the same name everywhere as well. All these companies and others are constantly selling oil and refined products amongst themselves. If, for example, PTT experiences a refinery shut down they will buy product from Esso in exchange for the promise that if Esso's plant is shut down in the future PTT will in turn sell them product, nearly all the major oil companies have these kinds of agreements amongst themselves. 89 octane gasoline at one station is the same as 89 octane gas at another. There are only a few oil refineries in Thailand mostly in the Sri Racha area (I know Thai Oil and Esso have facilities there) and they sell their refined products including gasoline to the distributors that supply most all the stations in the country, so the gas at the CalTel stations could very easiliy have come from the same refinery as the Shell or Esso stations across the street. Service at the different stations may vary of course, but the gasoline is usually the same.

Except of course when you buy from people who smuggle refined oil... remember MP petroleum (owned i believe by the guy who hides himself in a casino in cambodia)

[Greenside]

Caltex on the Mae Rim road about 1km on the right as you are leaving town is open.