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- 08 Mar
An NBC News article published in their Online Business section discusses the addition of Propane to the list of alternative fuels being considered for vehicle retrofitting. The home satellite provider DISH Network Corp has announced they will run 200 of their […]
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- 01 Mar
The latest OPIS report showed retail fuel margins jumped $0.062 for the week, the largest weekly gain since late October 2012. The average retail margin throughout the US now stands at $0.164 per gallon. The gain this week brings the […]
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- 21 Feb
In the latest US Energy Information Administration “This Week In Petroleum” report, the US EIA says there are signs that improved fuel margins may be on the horizon. From the report: “Despite the significant rise in retail gasoline prices since […]
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- 07 Feb
Fuel economy of new vehicles highest ever
- Feb 07, 2013
- John Keller
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According to a new University of Michigan study, new vehicles sold in the US have a record miles per gallon rating, reaching 24.5 mpg. That is a full 1 mpg increase from January 2012, 2 mpg increase from January 2011, […]
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- 23 Jan
Another CNG highway is coming
- Jan 23, 2013
- John Keller
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IGS is an independent retail supplier of natural gas, and a company with a vision of an energy independent United States. They now plan to build a network of CNG (compressed natural gas) fueling stations along I79 from West Virginia […]
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- 22 Jan
The latest OPIS report shows that retail fuel margins increased for the second straight week, this time by $0.025 per gallon. The national average retail fuel margin is now $0.171 per gallon. The average retail fuel margin for 2013 now […]
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- 19 Dec
There is a terrific article published by the MIT Sloan School of Management titled “Is It Time to Rethink Your Pricing Strategy?” found here, and though it is based on research across a broad spectrum of companies, it has direct […]
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- 14 Dec
Everyone knows that GasBuddy provides rich content for gas station pricing in cities all across the US. GasBuddy makes it easy to view a list of fuel prices across a city and view the location of each c-store with its […]
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- 12 Dec
The Alternative Fuels Data Center of the US Department of Energy tracks the number of public alternative fueling stations, and the location of each, on their site here. The page includes public (not private) stations for propane, biodiesel, ethanol, electric […]
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- 01 Oct
Ever since Valero reported in their most recent quarterly earnings that they would like to divest their retail stores, there has been all kinds of speculation around what that divestiture might look like. Recently Reuters released a story that several […]
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