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News•April 25, 2006

Shell Lubricants to Hold Tech Tour for Fleet Customers

HOUSTON – Shell Lubricants has launched the Shell Tech Tour, a multi-city, multimedia conference designed to update fleet customers on the latest lubricants and coolants technology. The tour will cover the latest on the new API motor oil category, a step change in engine oil performance that will provide improvements in wear control, high-temperature oxidation control, and soot handling.

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News•April 25, 2006

Nissan to Sell Hybrid Altima in Eight States

GARDENA, CA – Nissan Motor Co. will offer its gasoline-electric Altima model in the Northeastern U.S. and California. The 2007 model will be available early next year in California, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, Rhode Island, Maine, and New Jersey.

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News•April 20, 2006

Energy Dept. Doesn't Forecast Gas Averaging $3 Per Gallon in ‘06

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Energy Department's Energy Information Administration (EIA) said this week it still doesn't expect the U.S. average retail price for regular grade gasoline to reach $3 per gallon in 2006.

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News•April 20, 2006

Oil Prices Rise Past $72

NEW YORK --- Oil prices continued to climb on Wednesday, reaching more than $72 a barrel and setting a record for the third straight day, the AP reported. That makes higher prices at the pump this summer more likely.

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News•April 20, 2006

Analyst: Oil Prices Could Top $80 by End of June

WASHINGTON --- Oil analyst John Kilduff of Fimat USA in New York predicted a “painful run-up” in gasoline prices as summer approaches, with oil prices climbing as high as $80 a barrel by the end of June, the Associated Press reported.

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News•April 20, 2006

Ethanol Demand in '05 Averaged 263,000 Barrels A Day

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- In 2005, demand for ethanol averaged about 263,000 barrels a day, or 4 billion gallons for the year, a fuel specialist told MarketWatch.

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News•April 20, 2006

Researchers Refine Method to Produce ‘Green Diesel'

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. --- Energy researchers have developed a two-step chemical process that improves an established method of making cleaner-burning alternative fuel from coal and other carbon sources.

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News•April 20, 2006

Penn State to Study Fleet Fueled by Hydrogen

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. --- Penn State is collaborating with the company Air Products on a hydrogen-fuel station and fleet demonstration.

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News•April 19, 2006

Average Retail Gasoline Rises 10 Cents

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- The U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline increased by 10 cents last week, rising to $2.783 per gallon as of April 17, the Energy Department reported. That's 54.6 cents higher than last year.

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News•April 18, 2006

Fuel Prices Nearing Post-Katrina Highs

DETROIT - Gasoline prices are approaching post-Katrina rates. The average price of regular unleaded gasoline was $2.74 a gallon this past Friday.

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