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Published on: 12/1/2007
Last Visited: 12/19/2007
Allen Bretz, who is director of general aviation marketing for ConocoPhillips, made some comments about the continued availability of 100LL avgas earlier this year that are not totally comforting, but not alarmist, either.
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Leading the worries about avgas availability are any actions by the EPA that would ban leaded fuels, but Bretz sees no move by the EPA to do this at this time.Also, there is only one source of tetraethyl lead, a British company, but it has assured Phillips and the rest of the industry that it foresees no shortage of the additive to meet current demand, or any likely increase.Bretz reported that there are 11 refineries in the United States currently producing avgas, and ConocoPhillips owns three of them.Some of the other refineries have fallen behind on avgas production due to demands for the many blends of automobile gas, but the ConocoPhillips refineries have maintained a steady production.