
October Fuel Trends Show Diverging Gasoline and Diesel Prices
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Read More →Missouri voters will decide in August whether to raise the state's fuel taxes by 4 cents a gallon. The legislation, passed in a last-minute rush on the last day of the session, would raise an estimated $431 million for state highways, roads, bridges, and public transportation.
Read More →Ford Motor Co. has unveiled a new diesel powertrain and detailed a new flexible engine manufacturing system it says is helping cut costs while improving efficiency and quality.
Read More →Higher prices in the West and a temporary slowdown in production pushed the average nationwide price of gasoline up .7 cents to $1.44 per gallon in the past two weeks, according to the Lundberg Survey released June 23. Prices dipped in most regions of the country, analyst Trilby Lundberg said, but larger hikes in some western states offset falling national prices.
Read More →The average price of diesel fuel fell more than a penny per gallon last week, continuing a general pattern of falling prices since early April. Figures released on June 17 by the U.S. Department of Energy show the national retail average of a gallon of diesel price was $1.275, down from $1.286 the previous week.
Read More →Integrated Decision Support Corp. (IDSC) in Richardson launched its online fuel optimization program, FuelAdvice.com, early in June 2002. The service allows fleets to create a truck stop network built to optimize price and to compare competing offers from other truck stops.
Read More →Launching the 51st edition of The BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2002 in London, BP chief executive Lord Browne said June 18 that nations should not be over-concerned about energy security in the face of unexpected world events.
Read More →BP announced June 14 that its cleaner-burning, ultra-low sulfur ECD-1 diesel fuel will now be sold at all of its California ARCO and AM/PM retail outlets, where diesel is sold. BP has begun to invest in new retail sites as the company expands its presence in the region with fueling and convenience outlets.
Read More →Demand was down 4.3 percent in May 2002 from the same period last year, according to the American Petroleum Institute (API). In the same period, gasoline demand, as measured by how much product was delivered by refineries and bulk terminals, fell 1.8 percent from May 2001.
Read More →Gas prices have remained steady throughout Illinois and northern Indiana over the last month, according to AAA Chicago’s most recent fuel gauge report. Additionally, the report says prices in Illinois now average $1.507 a gallon, which is up slightly from last month’s average of $1.500 a gallon.
Read More →The conversion from MTBE to ethanol additives in California’s gasoline raises the specter of soaring pump prices next year, to as much as $3 per gallon, according to the Contra Costa Times.
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