by Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN The Energy Information Administration (EIA) should report its tenth consecutive weekly decline in the U.S. national average for regular grade gasoline sold at retail outlets Monday (6/11), with the previous average of $3.612 gallon on June 4 a nearly four-month low. The EIA’s average shows gasoline…
Gasoline Futures Up From Four-Month Low
By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN Gasoline prices in spot market trading following the Memorial Day weekend were moving higher alongside an advance by gasoline futures known as the Reformulated Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending contract that trades on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Trading has been relatively thin so far in post-holiday…
Wholesale Gasoline Costs Plummet on Worry over Economic Growth
By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN The Department of Labor’s non-farm payroll report for April showing job creation at a paltry 115,000 which was much less than expected by the market triggered a selling frenzy in oil futures trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, with the data suggesting slowing economic growth…
Retail Gasoline Tops $4 Gallon in Markets in Several States
By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN Based on a report delivered by the Energy Information Administration to a Senate Committee in late March, more than a dozen states have at least one community in which retail gasoline prices have topped $4 gallon. All of California, Alaska and Hawaii are paying more than…
Price Trajectory Suggests $4 Gallon US Gasoline Average in April
By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN Retail gasoline prices in the U.S continue to move higher and climbing wholesale costs in most major metropolitan markets through mid-March show the trend will continue into April. Moreover, the swift increases in gasoline costs that are being passed through the supply chain suggest the U.S.…
Early Seasonal Peak for Gasoline or More to Go?
By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN Retail gasoline prices continue to advance, with the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) U.S. average for regular grade surging 7.2 cents to a $3.793 gallon nine-month high as of March 5, with further gains to again hike the average when next released. View Telvent DTN’s Weekly and…
Bullish Geopolitics Overpower Bearish Gasoline Demand
By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN The Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) U.S. average price for regular grade gasoline spiked to a $3.721 gallon 8-1/2 month high on Feb. 27, and is poised for a further advance despite mixed wholesale costs in early March. Retail prices have never been this high this early…
Gasoline Prices Spike on Geopolitical Fears
By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN Wholesale gasoline prices surged in February, with the futures contract soaring to a high last seen on July 28, 2011, with gasoline demand during the summer months the highest. The gasoline futures contract, called RBOB (Reformulated Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending) and trades on the New York…
EIA sees One-in-Four Chance for $4 Gallon U.S. Average in June
By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN In its most recent Short-term Energy Outlook, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) pointed to a 25% probability based on activity in the financially traded gasoline market that its U.S. average price for regular grade gasoline would top $4 gallon in June. “Recent options and futures price…
Job Gains Boost Wholesale Gasoline Costs
By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN Wholesale gasoline values continue to find upside price support from refinery closures impacting the New York Harbor, with markets quickly popping higher on news of new unplanned downtime at other refineries even though there’s ample slack in the system while preliminary data from the Energy Information…