Gas stations are embedded in our urban and rural landscape, pervasive symbols of the automobile's domination of twentieth-century society. Like the fast-food restaurant, the motel, and the shopping mall, gas stations are buildings whose very...

A filling station, fueling station, gas station, service station or petrol station is a facility which sells fuel and lubricants for motor vehicles. The most common fuels sold are gasoline (petrol) or diesel fuel. Some stations carry specialty fuels,...

TINA TRASTER, Staff Writer The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 04-10-1996 IS TOWN FILLING UP WITH FILLING STATIONS? -- RIVERDALE RESIDENTS FIGHTING AMOCO PLANS By TINA TRASTER, Staff Writer Date: 04-10-1996, Wednesday Section: NEWS Edition: 2 Star P If the gas tank is...

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China's biggest oil company, PetroChina Ltd., is increasing its refining capacity by 12 percent to combat fuel shortages that have disrupted trucking and caused long lines at filling stations, state media reported Friday.The company will raise refining volume to 2.4 million barrels a day, up...

China raised gasoline and diesel prices by nearly 10 percent Thursday, reversing anti-inflation controls in hopes of cooling demand amid fuel shortages that have left trucks backed up at filling stations in the booming south.Consumers and some Chinese media accused suppliers of creating a phony...