Some things that can help speed up fuel deliveries are plowing and sanding driveways, clearing a path to the tank, clearing snow or ice above the tank and loosening the fill pipe with a pipe wrench.
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Fuel shortage and blizzard leave St. George residents rationing heat and water
On top of the fuel shortage, a blizzard last weekend broke water lines and drained the island’s water tanks.
Impending Crowley sale stokes fears of fuel monopoly in Ketchikan
Crowley Fuels is set to sell its Southeast Alaska business to Anchorage-based Petro Marine Services. Some fear the move could make life in the panhandle even less affordable.
Delta Western fined $400,000 over Juneau tank farm violations
The Seattle-based company neither admitted nor denied any wrongdoing in the settlement. But had it been convicted and sentenced to the maximum penalties, it could have paid out more than $90 million.
Low oil prices haven’t reached Dillingham
Even with low oil prices causing problems for Alaska’s budget, the cost of gas has been slow to drop in some Bristol Bay communities, especially Dillingham.