To increase savings at the pump even more this season, convenience store retailer EG America announced a winter promotion for its SmartPay Rewards app users. Now through Feb. 22, SmartPay app users will get an extra 10 cents off per gallon of fuel, for a total of 20-cents off per gallon, across participating Loaf ‘n…

EG Group, one of the fastest-growing convenience store retailers in the U.S., announced the opening this week of its newest Kwik Shop location, located at 3706 SW Burlingame Road, in Topeka, Kan. The newly built Kwik Shop convenience store showcases the company’s latest design, equipment and food menu. Spanning 7,632 square feet, the new location…

Sinclair Oil has approved Sound Payments’ Sound Easy Pump and has started installations, making it simple for thousands of stations to become EMV-compliant. “The ease of installation, automatic upgrades, hardware replacement warranty, all-in-one units, excellent reporting and details through the site portal made Sound Easy Pump the best choice,” said Alex Hattenhauer, owner of Hattenhauer…

Despite low seasonal demand for gasoline, pump prices are edging higher. The national average for a gallon of gas is $3.33, two cents more than a week ago, according to AAA. The culprit is the rising price for oil, AAA reports, which is now bobbing around $85 per barrel, nearly $20 more than in November.…

Energy giant Shell has changed its official name from Royal Dutch Shell PLC to Shell PLC. The company announced on Dec. 20, of last year its board’s decision to change the name. The companies in which Shell PLC directly and indirectly owns investments are separate legal entities. Euronext Amsterdam, the London Stock Exchange and the…

Electric vehicles are grabbing the headlines. Auto manufacturers like Ford have committed to an all-electric F-150 pickup truck, while convenience store chains, concerned about the future of fuel sales, are exploring options for installing electric vehicle charging (EVC) stations. Carbon neutral remains a buzz-phrase hanging over the oil industry, while the Biden administration released new…

National biofuel producers association Growth Energy applauded a proposal to expand access to lower-cost, lower-emissions biofuel blends at the pump in Michigan. Legislation offered this week by Michigan State Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Kevin Daley, R-Lum, would establish a retailer tax incentive for higher ethanol blends, specifically a tax credit of $0.05 per gallon on…

Jacksonville, Fla.-based digital fuel payment and forecourt consultants Sound Payments recently announced a new promotion to help encourage independent stations to upgrade their pumps to accept EMV/chip cards and prevent fraudulent activity. The promotion also works in conjunction with station marketers, servicers and resellers, and provides 50% off installation costs. “Station owners are busy, multitaskers…

Gasoline prices — driven primarily by the price surge in crude oil, which is closing in on $80 a barrel — edged upward last week, according to AAA. Events on the far side of the globe are fueling the recent rise. Social unrest and violence in Kazakhstan, a member of the OPEC+ alliance, have forced…

The pre-Christmas fire at the Exxon Mobil Corp plant in Baytown, Texas, causing reduced output and fears of an omicron-driven economic “soft shutdown” caused gasoline prices to barely budge over the past week, according to AAA. Recent reporting, however, indicates the damage to the plant was to a non-refining section of the complex. The plant…