AVGAS production stays stable
A small percentage–about 20 percent–of the piston-powered fleet requires 100-octane fuel.

A small percentage–about 20 percent–of the piston-powered fleet requires 100-octane fuel. Yet these aircraft burn about 70 percent of the total avgas volume, according to Allen Bretz, director of general aviation market at ConocoPhillips.

Most of the avgas producers said that annual avgas production is fairly stable, although ConocoPhillips has seen slight growth in avgas deliveries and now produces about 170 million gallons of avgas annually, 40 to 50 million of which is sold outside the U.S. ConocoPhillips makes avgas at refineries in Sweeney and Borger, Texas, and Billings, Mont.

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