Global mostly uses the ethanol to mix in with its Mobil gas wholesaling business. They get ethanol from Motiva in Providence, and barge it up to Revere / Chlesea / E Boston petro complex. I am not current as to where the actual Mobil hauls out of , but Mobil itself had a terminal on the creek by the Chelsea street bridge in East Boston , and also one down in East Providence .As they already have ethanol in RI, they just might shift the shipping point of the finished Mobil gas product, diverting some of the haulage southward, or maybe even explore new and improved facilities in , say , Braintree / Quincy , or Fall River. They are already re assessing their overall tankage stragedy in the northeast (
June 5, 2013 [OPIS] - Capital Terminal Company (CTC), a distillate terminal owner and operator in Providence Harbor, R.I., said on Tuesday that it is looking for new tenants after a breakdown in sale negotiation with Global Companies LLC of Massachusetts.
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Also Hess is getting out of retail distribution, and they will have tankage infra structure out there to be disposed of. Add this all in to the hornets nest of hauling petroleum around Boston , and the latest rejection of the rail scenario, who knows what will happen. Its all a crap shot.