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- 26 Jan
Murphy Reports Retail Fuel Margins – Q3
- Jan 26, 2012
- John Keller
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Today Murphy Oil announced in their quarterly financial results that for the quarter ending December 31, 2011, retail fuel margins were $.130 per gallon. That’s up from $.074 for the previous year’s results for the same period. For the year […]
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- 26 Jan
Texas A&M professor of economics and fuel analyst of 30 years John Moroney says fuel prices may or may not hit $4/gallon this summer, and are unlikely to hit $5. “Could gas go to $4? It is possible, but not […]
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- 28 Dec
Fuel demand down 1.6% for the year
- Dec 28, 2011
- John Keller
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Today MasterCard reported that US fuel demand is down 1.6% for the year through December 23, 2011. Fuel volumes sold in the US fell for the 17th consecutive week year over year. Fuel demand over the previous four weeks was […]
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- 19 Dec
US fuel prices drop steeply
- Dec 19, 2011
- John Keller
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According to the US Energy Information Administration “Today’s Gasoline Prices” report, unleaded fuel prices took a big dip for the week. Average fuel prices across the US for regular unleaded dropped six cents for the week, from $3.286 to $3.229. […]
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- 16 Dec
US EIA predicts lower fuels price averages
- Dec 16, 2011
- John Keller
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In the latest US Energy Information Administration’s Short-Term Energy Outlook report, the EIA projects lower fuels price averages for next year. The EIA forecasts that the annual average regular-grade gasoline fuel retail price, which was $2.78 per gallon in 2010, […]
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- 05 Dec
Retail Fuel Margins Dropping
- Dec 05, 2011
- John Keller
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In a December 4 CNN article Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said retail fuel margins are on a downward trend as a result of ongoing reduced fuel demand throughout the US market. From a fuel price management and c-store […]
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- 23 Nov
Retail fuel sales down 4.5% year over year
- Nov 23, 2011
- John Keller
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The latest MasterCard Spending Pulse survey reported retail fuel sales down 4.5% compared to the same period last year for the week ending November 18. Holiday travel for this year is predicted to be higher than last year, but not […]
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- 18 Nov
ConsumerAffairs.com posted a report that this week fuel prices didn’t track with the price of West Texas oil. That’s consistent with an earlier blog article I wrote saying retail fuel prices are not likely to respond to changes in WTI. […]
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- 16 Nov
The Bespoke Investment Group issued a statement saying that despite crude prices topping $100 a barrel today, retail fuels prices are not likely to rise in response. That’s because Bespoke says retail fuels prices have been responding much more closely […]
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- 09 Nov
Susser Holdings
- Nov 09, 2011
- John Keller
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Retail fuel margins for the third quarter were 21.9 cents per gallon, versus 18.5 cents in the third quarter of 2010. For the first three quarters of 2011 retail fuel margins were 19.2 cents per gallon compared to 15.3 cents […]
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