...Dave Vining of Vining Oil and Gas said, prior to this fall, there were occasional temporary fuel outages at terminals, but fuel was arriving regularly enough that he could keep up with demand. However, he said, the situation worsened dramatically beginning about 60 days ago, and he’s been able to purchase only about 60 percent of his usual supply.
“We buy from several people, but there’s no product to be had here for the last two months,” Vining said.
He said he ordinarily buys fuel from the two Jamestown NuStar terminals and the Mandan refinery, but with this shortage he has sent drivers to Minot, N.D., Glendive and Billings, Mont., Sioux Falls, S.D., and Moorhead and Sauk Center, Minn., to make up for fuel he cannot get from his usual sources.
“We have 10 or 15 farmers now waiting for loads,” Vining said.
Jerry Fuchs, CEO and general manager of Bloom Oil, said North Dakota, being the farthest point north on the NuStar’s pipeline, has historically had some outages lasting a few days, but in the past two months outages have lasted weeks, not days.
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...Dave Vining of Vining Oil and Gas said, prior to this fall, there were occasional temporary fuel outages at terminals, but fuel was arriving regularly enough that he could keep up with demand. However, he said, the situation worsened dramatically beginning about 60 days ago, and he’s been able to purchase only about 60 percent of his usual supply.
