Bad Gas

Not satisfied with excessive profits from overpriced gasoline, Shell refinery sends watered-down gas to NJ service stations

CBS) PATERSON, NJ Darnell Greene had a bone to pick today with this Delta gas station attendant in Paterson, all due to yesterday's ten-dollar fill-up.

The problem? Watered down gasoline, part of a bad shipment. A big shipment - totaling tens-of-thousands of gallons of fuel supplied by the Shell Oil Company and distributed out a Newark refinery.

Darnell told us as soon as he "pulled out of the lot, the car started sputtering, and backfiring."

Darnell had a feeling the gas might be the culprit. His suspicions were confirmed when his mechanic siphoned the gas out of his gas tank. The gas was a big difference from what regular gas is supposed to look like.

The bad gas got into the tanks of *nine* different gas stations across New Jersey.

There are three generic branded stations, and six shell stations, including one in Jersey City where a crew pumped almost 10-thousand gallons of tainted gas out of the underground tank.

And at close to three bucks a gallon for watered down gas that led to a $240 repair bill and with that Darnell Greene says he feels like he's being taken for a ride.