TRADE WARS! TANKER GATE! IRANIAN SANCTIONS! MIDDLE EAST UNSTABLE! MIDDLE EAST PEACE! VENEZUELA SANCTIONS! INVENTORIES UP! INVENTORIES DOWN! REFINERY OUTAGES! PRODUCTION DOWN! PRODUCTION UP! CRUDE CHASES $50! CRUDE RUNS UP TO $60! WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?
Read MoreThe thinly traded holiday gasoline market bottomed out on December 24th with a NYMEX low of $1.2352 per gallon. Here we are a few days into the New Year trading at a high of $1.4146. Here’s what happened to push prices higher.
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Good news for those traveling next week. Oil prices have fallen considerably which is impacting gas prices. Currently, the national average gas price is $2.68 a gallon. While this is higher than the price drivers paid last Thanksgiving, the national average was $2.52 a gallon, it’s still lower than this year’s high of $2.97 a […]
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Last weekend we all welcomed the month of September, Labor Day celebrations and the unfortunate realization that summer has ended. Though technically the summer doesn’t end until the equinox on September 22nd, the Labor Day weekend traditionally marks the end of summer for schools, as well as the close of the summer driving season.
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As summer winds down and eases back into school, football, and cooler temps, less expensive higher Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) grades of gasoline enter the distribution system.
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On May 22nd we were hoping for a market correction prior to the holiday weekend. On that day the front month NYMEX RBOB contract settled at $2.2636. Climbing from May 2nd, close @ $2.0803. A whooping $0.18 price move inflicting severe pain on your local gas station distributor leaving retail gasoline margins negative in some markets and […]
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It’s no secret that prices have sky-rocketed at the pump, but do you ever wonder how higher oil prices are affecting the travel industry, whether the mode of transportation be on land, air or sea?
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On May 22nd WTI Crude nearly reached $73 / barrel and since then prices have dipped almost 10%.
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Thursday marked the largest drop in the oil market since May 8th based on OPEC’s most recent rhetoric. After the United States had withdrew from the Iranian Nuclear Deal everyone has seen prices go up at the pumps and the volatility in the market is as prevalent as ever. So what has finally stalled this rallying […]
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