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- 28 Jul
Murphy Oil Has Retail Fuel Margin of $.199 in Q2
- Jul 28, 2011
- John Keller
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In Murphy Oil’s quarterly earnings report, US retail fuel margins were $.199 for Q2 and $.146 gallon for the first six months of the year. Quarterly fuel margins were up $.03 compared to last year, and for the first six […]
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- 27 Jul
Valero Energy in their quarterly report announced that US retail fuel margins for the past three months were $.204 per gallon. That’s an increase of nearly $.02 compared to the same time period last year. For the six months ended […]
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- 19 Jul
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. in their quarterly report announced that US retail fuel margins for the past three months were $.14 per gallon. That’s a decrease of 1.2% compared to the same time period last year. For the 12 months ended […]
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- 18 Jul
Competing Against Walmart Fuel Discounts
- Jul 18, 2011
- John Keller
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Walmart joined the retail fuel price loyalty game this summer, partnering with Murphy Oil to offer $.10 discounts on fuel when the purchase is made using one of the Walmart payment cards. Loyalty reward incentives are becoming mainstream across retail […]
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- 18 Jul
Fuel Prices Increase $.11 in two weeks
- Jul 18, 2011
- John Keller
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In today’s US Energy Information Adminstration weekly fuel price report, the USEIA revealed a $.04 increase for the national average price of Unleaded Regular fuel. That’s an $.11 increase over the past two weeks. The US national average retail fuel […]
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- 08 Jun
The Baltimore Sun recently published this letter to the editor from an owner of a convenience store. It’s interesting to hear the fuel pricing problems this local retailer is dealing with, as people report that his fuel prices are 10 […]
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- 25 May
Fuel Pricing Speculative Bubble Over
- May 25, 2011
- John Keller
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The fuel price speculative bubble is over, and the market is correcting now, according to Stephen Schork, president of Pennsylvania-based energy consultant The Schork Group Inc. Bloomberg Business Week today reported that pump prices were $1.66 a gallon over crude […]
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- 24 May
Diesel Fuel Demand Up, Gasoline Fuel Demand Down
- May 24, 2011
- John Keller
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The American Petroleum Institute reported that in April 2011, total demand for distillate fuel rose 15 percent to 4.27 million barrels a day, while consumption of ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel increased 26 percent to average 3.42 million barrels a day. […]
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- 20 May
Gasoline Fuel Demand Drops 2.2% in Q2 2011
- May 20, 2011
- John Keller
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The American Petroleum Institute issued a monthly report today. Gasoline deliveries, a measure of gasoline demand, dropped by 2.2 percent compared with last year. Deliveries totaled 8.9 million barrels per day. Rising retail gasoline prices seem to have crimped consumer […]
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- 17 May
$1.10 Fuel Price Costs Station $21,000 In Losses
- May 17, 2011
- John Keller
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A computer glitch was to blame for a Valero convenience store selling premium fuel at $1.10 a gallon over a four hour period on May 15. The owner reported that was over $3 a gallon less than the proper price, […]
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