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To: abuelita who wrote (7920)	6/24/2008 1:37:36 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24214

Sir? I went to bed and was knighted? Smokey today. Lightning storm came thru Fri nite; started, by various reports, 100 fires in the county, or 400 in NorCal.

To: abuelita who wrote (7920)	8/12/2008 11:57:01 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24214

Problems at Petrocan refinery lead to gasoline shortages ) Reuters August 12, 2008 at 1:01 PM EDT CALGARY — Petro-Canada warned Tuesday that problems at its Edmonton refinery may result in gasoline shortages at its stations in Alberta and parts of British Columbia. The company said that a problem with a catalytic cracker at the 125,000 barrel per day refinery would lead to a shortfall in supplies. The company is working to fix the problem and is shipping gasoline from alternative sources. “We are running on available inventories right now,” said Jon Hamilton, a spokesman for Petro-Canada. “We've communicated with other gasoline suppliers in the area ... to see if there is any available supply. We've also looked internationally.” Mr. Hamilton said Petro-Canada could take international deliveries of gasoline using its shipping terminal in Vancouver and truck the fuel from there. The company said the shutdown of the cracker last week had forced Petro-Canada to limit deliveries to customers and some of its retail stations in Alberta and the interior of B.C. It warned that some stations might run dry. Mr. Hamilton said that Petro-Canada is still trying to assess the problem with the catalytic cracker, a key unit at a refinery for the manufacture of gasoline from crude oil. The company cannot yet say when the problem will be fixed. Petro-Canada is beginning a 60-day maintenance shutdown at the Edmonton facility to tie in new equipment allowing it to process crude from the oil sands. However, Mr. Hamilton said the catalytic cracker was supposed to have remained operating while the other units were closed. No shortages of other fuels such as diesel or jet fuel are expected, he said. theglobeandmail.com