Shell was selling bronze grade gasoline for 39.9 cents a litre around Alberta Wednesday (October 8, 2014) to mark 30 years of refining in the province. It was a time of booming western growth and there was building everywhere. The Calgary Tower was still called the Husky Tower and it wasn’t quite finished. And gasoline was cheap. The anniversary specifically celebrated the opening of the Scotford refinery and styrene plant located approximately 40 kilometres northeast of Edmonton. Shell says that all products produced at the Scotford refinery come from Alberta’s oil sands. “I’m sitting on empty,” said Dave Dupuis, who was waiting for the 10 a.m. deal at the Edmonton Terra Losa Shell station since 7:05 a.m. “Why not? I’m going to save $80, $90.” He was first in a long line of vehicles hoping to get the deal within the hour it was being offered. “At least 250, 300 vehicles,” guessed Dupois. “It’s all the way past Shoppers Drug Mart.” “I think it’s absolutely awesome. The average price for regular unleaded gasoline in Edmonton was just over $1.12 per litre as of Wednesday October 8, according to monitoring site Tomorrow’s Gas Price Today. Albertans generally pay some of the lowest prices for fuel in the country. The promotion was generally met with enthusiasm on twitter from motorists lucky enough fill their tanks at the throw back prices. Shell drops gas price to 39.9 a litre — in Alberta!
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Shell was selling bronze grade gasoline for 39.9 cents a litre around Alberta Wednesday (October 8, 2014) to mark 30 years of refining in the province. It was a time of booming western growth and there was building everywhere. The Calgary Tower was still called the Husky Tower and it wasn’t quite finished. And gasoline was cheap. The anniversary specifically celebrated the opening of the Scotford refinery and styrene plant located approximately 40 kilometres northeast of Edmonton. Shell says that all products produced at the Scotford refinery come from Alberta’s oil sands. “I’m sitting on empty,” said Dave Dupuis, who was waiting for the 10 a.m. deal at the Edmonton Terra Losa Shell station since 7:05 a.m. “Why not? I’m going to save $80, $90.” He was first in a long line of vehicles hoping to get the deal within the hour it was being offered. “At least 250, 300 vehicles,” guessed Dupois. “It’s all the way past Shoppers Drug Mart.” “I think it’s absolutely awesome. The average price for regular unleaded gasoline in Edmonton was just over $1.12 per litre as of Wednesday October 8, according to monitoring site Tomorrow’s Gas Price Today. Albertans generally pay some of the lowest prices for fuel in the country. The promotion was generally met with enthusiasm on twitter from motorists lucky enough fill their tanks at the throw back prices. 