The 15-year old California franchise upgrades fueling locations. J.E. Clark II Corp. recently upgraded its facilities with new equipment and high speed diesel for commercial trucking customers and renewed its long-term franchise agreement with Pacific Pride Services LLC, a subsidiary of Wright Express Corp. The upgraded fueling facilities include a “contractors’ island” with regular gasoline…
Retail Gasoline On the Rise
Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN The Energy Information Administration (EIA), the statistical arm of the Department of Energy, released an outlook projecting the U.S. retail price for regular grade gasoline will average $3 gallon in 2011-a price level previously seen as a breaking point for the American consumer. No more; with higher…
Retail Gasoline Prices to Edge Higher Ahead of Labor Day
By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN After slumping to a 10-week low of $2.704 gallon on Aug. 23, the US average price for regular grade gasoline, all formulations, is poised to move higher in front of the Labor Day holiday weekend. Labor Day marks the end of the summer driving season, with…
Retail Gasoline Prices to Slide from Three-Month High
By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN The U.S. average for all formulations of regular grade gasoline surged nearly a nickel to $2.783 gallon as of Aug. 9, according to the Energy Information Administration, the statistical arm of the Department of Energy. The price jump in retail was somewhat delayed from higher wholesale…
Retail Fuel Prices Edge Lower in Early June
By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN The U.S. average price for regular grade gasoline sold at retail outlets dropped nearly 18 cents or 6% from a May 10 multi-month high at $2.905 a gallon to $2.728 gallon on Memorial Day, a time when retail prices have typically surged. The decline is less…
Retail Gasoline Prices Slip to Lows Last Seen in Early March
By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN Retail gasoline prices slid to a two-and-a-half month low ahead of the Memorial Day holiday, which has been dubbed the unofficial kickoff to the summer driving season due to the increase in holiday travel. Pre-holiday estimates projected a nearly 6% increase in highway travel during the…
Gasoline Continue Slide into Memorial Day
By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN Wholesale gasoline prices continue tumbling, down nearly 50cts from the start of May after another week of double-digit declines across most metropolitan markets nationwide through May 24. The drop in wholesale values is gradually filtering through to retail outlets, offering a savings for holiday travelers this…
Gasoline Continue Slide into Memorial Day
By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN Wholesale gasoline prices continue tumbling, down nearly 50 cents from the start of May after another week of double-digit declines across most metropolitan markets nationwide through May 24. The drop in wholesale values is gradually filtering through to retail outlets, offering a savings for holiday travelers…
Gasoline Prices Slipping into Memorial Day
By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN Gasoline futures known as RBOB (Reformulated Blendstock for Oxygenated Blending) that trade on the New York Mercantile Exchange tumbled 35cts or 14 percent from a 19-month high reached on May 3 to May 17, capping the uptick in retail prices ahead of the unofficial kickoff to…
Gasoline Price Uptrend Slows
By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN Drivers across most major metropolitan markets in the United States should see the increase in retail prices at their local outlets freeze in the week leading up to Easter Sunday, with some markets potentially seeing a decrease at the pump. The forecast is based on a…