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Some Ottawa gasoline stations were closed Wednesday and many others were offering only premium fuel as a shortage hit the region, but by that evening it appeared a crisis had been averted.

Major oil companies contacted by this newspaper early in the day did not answer questions about the reason behind the station closures, and did not say how long the shortage might last.

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By Wednesday evening, however, Petro-Can stations were all full and a spokesman for Suncor, which operates Petro-Can, said there was “no supply problem.”

Shell had no comment on the situation, but stations that had been dry earlier appeared to be full again.

The shortage had begun several days ago, as one east-end customer noted: