Archive for May, 2007

Lawsuit against Speedway/Super America/Marathon!?

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Kentucky Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced groundbreaking
litigation filed today in Franklin Circuit Court against Marathon Oil
Corporation, Marathon Petroleum Company, LLC and Speedway SuperAmerica,
LLC, charging the corporations with profiteering during the time of
emergency following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The companies are
alleged [...]

Gasoline wholesale prices PLUMMET!

Gasoline prices plummeted over 4% today (over 10 cents per gallon) on the wholesale market. Could this be the start of a major correction? Its very much a possibility. I earlier predicted a price hike today, and since we haven’t gotten one today, I’m going to say that we are no longer in major danger [...]

Anticipating Lower Prices in the “Speedway States”

Tuesday, May 29, 2007, 1:15PM:  I know we are hurting with gas prices — Michigan has the highest average price in the country right now.  A newsletter I receive regularly reports that last week “Governor Granholm submitted testimony to Congress on the escalating cost and volatility of gasoline prices in Michigan and across the nation. [...]

Have a great Memorial Day, get gas before Tuesday!

Hoping you all have a terrific Memorial Day…
A gas price hike is looking likely in Grand Rapids area to perhaps $3.59 or $3.65 (more likely the $3.59) on Tuesday.
For the rest of the nation, prices closed higher again Friday on continued worries about demand. 7/10 Americans polled by AAA said they planned to take to [...]

Look for prices to drop a few pennies this weekend!

Looking like gas prices in the Midwest should trickle down a few cents over the weekend; also in the Gulf states we should see a small decline in prices (a few cents at best)
But for those in Grand Rapids, we’re already seeing $3.49 at Speedway in the East Paris/Cascade Rd. Area.
Have a good Memorial Day. [...]

Today’s DOE report: make or break!

The Weekly DOE Report was just released. Highlights and comments are below:
**Refineries operated at 91.1% of capacity, way over what analysts
expected. The analyst predicted target was 90%. This is good news.
**Crude oil imports averaged 10.9 million barrels per day last week.
Over the last month, crude imports have averaged 563,000 more barrels
per day than 2006.
**Total motor [...]

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