{"id":207805,"date":"2015-08-13T04:00:35","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T18:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=207805"},"modified":"2015-08-13T04:00:35","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T18:00:35","slug":"shell-lifts-50-purchase-limit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/shell-lifts-50-purchase-limit\/","title":{"rendered":"Shell lifts $50 purchase limit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IP&amp;E announced yesterday that it is lifting its $50 fuel transaction limit at all Shell gas stations starting today, Aug. 13.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe implementation of limiting fuel purchases is not a reflection of supply but a result of distribution constraints that have been resolved, the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have more than enough fuel for the island of Saipan, in fact we received a shipment of fuel a week before the typhoon hit so all of our storage tanks were full right before the storm,\u201d said Bill Ada, Retail Operations Director, IP&amp;E Holdings.<\/p>\n<p>Shell gas stations will continue to maintain hours of operation from 8am to 5pm \u201cin order to ensure the safety of employees and customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>IP&amp;E has been committed to opening Shell locations consistently to ensure the island has the fuel it needs to power recovery efforts to bring Saipan back to its former glory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud of all our employees\u2019 efforts to ensure we stay open and provide fuel to the community,\u201d said Brian Bamba, Managing Director of IP&amp;E Holdings.<\/p>\n<p>Gasoline and diesel fuel are available at Shell Puerto Rico, Shell Gualo Rai, and Shell Highway Express.<\/p>\n<p>Shell Airport and Shell Susupe only sell gasoline.<\/p>\n<p>Shell Koblerville is open to government official emergency vehicles only. <em><strong>(Shell)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IP&amp;E announced yesterday that it is lifting its $50 fuel transaction limit at all Shell&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6511,6512,6513,6455],"class_list":["post-207805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-bill-ada","tag-managing-director","tag-retail-operations-director","tag-shell-gualo-rai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207805\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}