OK, I'll bite, George. I've worked in lots of refineries, including Robinson (and Garyville, Texas City Marathon, and may other company refineries).
But you need to ask a question.
Gasoline additives are hype. Shell V-Power, Phillips Ultra Clean, etc. All refineries, and I mean all, produce basic gasoline which meets octane requirements to be 85, 87, 89, etc. This is based on formulation. Then an additive package is added at the truck rack depending on what the driver orders when he cards in. You can haul Shell gasoline from Marathon Robinson or Marathon gasoline from Phillips 66 Wood River.
Additives do provide benefit, but personally I buy the cheapest gas I can buy. The jobber can't buy it from a cheap source, it all comes from a refinery which has tested and met all specifications for basic gasoline. Speedway will sell you the cheapest additive package they can and it will not be the premium Marathon package whether Marathon owns them or not. And the gasoline likely does not come from a Marathon refinery anyway, it will be cheap pipeline gas which has no home and the pipeline operator has to dump it. Companies like Speeday make their profit by selling what unbranded gasoline they can buy cheaply. I buy Speedway when I'm in their marketing area. But I usually put 300,000 miles on a vehicle before I trade so I just burn fuel and don't worry about the vehicle lasting 100 years.
I do not believe most of the gasoline in your area comes from Robinson, nor that all the Marathon gasoline in your area comes from Robinson.
Gulf Interstate, Marathon, Shell, Buckeye and others have refined products pipelines which run through Indiana in your area and all have terminals and sell and transfer gasolines of various grades all over the state. Gasoline is also likely hauled from Wood River, Lemont, Joliet and BP's giant refinery at Whiting, Indiana.
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