Gas shortage causes concern for local retailers
Posted Aug 31, 2015 04:44:12 PM.
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HALIFAX – Two Nova Scotia gas retailers say they’re concerned shortages that closed stations on the weekend could happen again because the province relies on tanker deliveries by sea.
Motorists lined up at gas stations that had fuel this morning after a shortage of gasoline caused some outlets to temporarily close.
Wade Sullivan owns the Fas Gas outlet in New Glasgow and he says motorists were backed up about 100 metres from his pumps this morning waiting to fuel up.
He links the shortage to the conversion of an Imperial Oil refinery in Halifax to a tank farm a couple of yeas ago.
He believes the reliance on shipments by sea leaves the province vulnerable.
A spokesman for Imperial Oil says the company resumed deliveries this morning, but declined further comment.
David Collins, vice-president of Wilson Fuel Company Limited, says he feels the shortages could happen again, citing the weather as a factor in getting ships into port.
Service Nova Scotia Minister Mark Furey says the government will meet with the company to find ways of avoiding another shortage.
