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2 comments Thursday 02 Oct 2008 | Posted By Patrick | Predictions

As prices continue to fall here in the Midwest, the South has not yet forgotten the sting and pain that Hurricane Ike brought, roughly 3 weeks ago. Atlanta, GA is still suffering from periodic gas shortages and high prices. The same is occurring in other locations in the South. Here in Michigan it is relatively [...]

0 comments Tuesday 09 Sep 2008 | Posted By Patrick | Predictions

This page is filled with great information on the math behind gasoline prices, the stats of hikes, days they are most likely to occur, and the data behind why prices rise and fall. This information is about as raw as it gets, meaning it is hard to understand for some who haven’t looked at it [...]

2 comments Friday 11 Jul 2008 | Posted By Patrick | Commentary

Oil is $146 a barrel today.
Want to know why U.S. supplies are OVER 50 million barrels below where they were last year? Want to know why oil prices keep rising? The two are directly connected, and its going to keep getting worse unless the dollar strengthens.
As I said, today oil hit $146- a new record. [...]

3 comments Tuesday 27 May 2008 | Posted By Patrick | Predictions

The long awaited 2008 Summer Driving season is now upon us, after a mostly gloomy and cool Memorial Day weekend here in Mid-Michigan. With gasoline prices approaching and surpassing $4, many are asking what’s in store for this Summer… what can I expect, when should I vacation?
This post may be one of my longer posts. [...]

0 comments Thursday 13 Dec 2007 | Posted By Patrick | Commentary

From ArabianBusiness.com:

Aramco starts work on US refinery expansion update
Motiva Enterprise, a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Royal Dutch Shell, has started work on expanding its Port Arthur refinery to make it the largest in the US, Aramco said on Tuesday.Once completed in 2010, the expansion project will almost double the refinery’s capacity to 600,000 [...]

0 comments Sunday 23 Sep 2007 | Posted By Patrick | Commentary

Pine Bend refinery located in Minnesota is nearly ready to open the spigots to its nearly completed refinery upgrade.
The story from TwinCities.com:

Sometime this fall, Pine Bend refinery in
Rosemount, Minnesota’s largest refinery and its biggest source of
gasoline, will get significantly larger.
Owned by Wichita, Kan.-based Flint Hills Resources, the
sprawling maze of pipes, tanks and emission stacks [...]