Archive for August, 2007

BP reverses course, pledges NO INCREASE in Lake Michigan discharge!

Great news! BP has agreed NOT to increase their discharge limits even though they had been allowed via a foolish EPA ruling.
Thanks to all those who signed the petition- I would have expected BP to cooperate with what the citizens of MANY states demanded. The press release: http://whiting.bp.com/go/doc/1550/169779/
Warrenville, IL- BP America today promised to operate [...]

Midwest PADD down to 46 million barrels, Chicago Premium is back!

Just took a glance at yesterdays DOE numbers once more and it looks like the Midwest PADD numbers have fallen back down to 46+ million barrels. This is the lowest we’ve seen in some time and could add 10-15 cents per gallon until local refiners kick it into high gear.
Apparently refineries in the Midwest are [...]

Holy smokes! Another huge loss for gasoline!

Gasoline wrapped up the day down another whopping 7-cents! This is the lowest price we’ve seen in months, and should be enough to warrant prices down to 2.60s, PENDING tomorrow’s DOE report. This could be a great week for huge losses in gasoline prices- if the DOE report tomorrow is good, look for the market [...]

Hurricane Dean threatens Mexico… wholesale prices nosedive!

With Dean on a much more southern track than initially thought, wholesale prices of gasoline has taken a large hit overnight, mainly on relief that this huge hurricane will miss most of the U.S. oil and gasoline infrastructure.
As we sit now, wholesale gasoline prices have backed off a whopping 7.43 cents per gallon overnight. The [...]

Why a second hike this week?

Friday, August 17, 2007, 3:20 PM:  Why a second hike this week, to $2.99?  While NYMEX prices jumped a nickel since Monday, AXXIS prices jumped a dime, and quick moves like that usually get passed on to the consumer.  In addition, we are in the middle of August, which has not been friendly to buyers [...]

Prepare for a re-hike!

Benchmark station in Indiana that was able to set me off to yesterday’s hike re-hiked again today to $2.86!
I’ll look for that to filter up to Grand Rapids here in the next day or two at latest. I estimate the next hike will take us to $2.99 or so.
With hurricane news hitting the airwaves, we [...]

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