CITGO invests $1.5 million to support local non-profit organizations that will improve job development, education, health and environment. CITGO Petroleum Corp. and its Corpus Christi, Texas refinery plan to invest $1.5 million in the Hillcrest, Texas Community to give aid to non-profit organizations that support the neighborhood. CITGO executives greeted the community on May 17…
Noble Group and Mansfield Form Noble Mansfield Renewable Energy
Two leaders in renewable energy define the next generation of ethanol plant marketing. Noble Group and Mansfield Oil Co. have launched a new venture that combines the companies’ existing plant marketing divisions. The new company, Noble Mansfield Renewable Energy, will be headquartered in Bloomington, Minn., currently the home of Mansfield’s C&N ethanol marketing business.…
Sunoco Reports Preliminary Q4 2011 Pretax Results
Retail Marketing earned $40 million pretax in the current quarter versus $1 million in the fourth quarter of 2010. Sunoco Inc. has reported a net pretax loss attributable to Sunoco shareholders of $660 million for the fourth quarter of 2011 versus pretax income attributable to Sunoco shareholders of $119 million for the fourth quarter of…
Retail Gasoline Prices Extend Lower Trend
By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN On Monday (12/12), the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported the fourth consecutive weekly decline in its regular grade gasoline average, which fell 1.6 cents from the prior week to $3.274 gallon. That’s a nearly 10-month low in the average, although its 10% higher than during the…
Wholesale Gasoline Costs Mixed in Early November
Wholesale gasoline costs were mixed in major metropolitan markets across the U.S. during the first week of November, while the broader trend is moving higher despite poor demand for gasoline. Should current dynamics hold, we could see the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) U.S. retail gasoline average moving higher into the Thanksgiving holiday from a four-week…
Marathon Petroleum Reports Strong Q3 Profits
As Marathon Petroleum cuts costs, fuel prices continue to climb, resulting in high Q3 profits. Marathon Petroleum Corp., which split from Marathon Oil Corp. earlier this year, reported soaring third quarter profits this week, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. Earnings totaled $1.13 billion, or $3.16 per share, for the three months ended Sept. 30, more than…
Bumpy Ride for Gasoline Prices
By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN The first week in February saw the most price volatility in the wholesale gasoline market since late September 2009 when crude oil started its march higher into October and pulled fuel prices up too, with wild price swings triggered during periods of market uncertainty. Interestingly though,…
U.S. Gasoline Prices Fall
The average price of regular gasoline at U.S. filling stations declined to $2.67 a gallon as gasoline futures plunged and demand weakened, Bloomberg reported. Gasoline lost 5.8 cents in the two weeks ended Feb. 5, according to a survey ending on the same day of 5,000 filling stations nationwide by Trilby Lundberg, an independent gasoline…