Archive for the Tag 'refinery utilization'

Get gas, prices rise tomorrow!

Seeing as how the last two weeks I called for hikes on Thursday or Friday, I waited this week to make the Monday predict. So… heres the Monday predict (and I’m pretty certain this one will be Monday) Prices have risen to near $2/gal wholesale as worries from Iran drive prices higher, as well as [...]

$1.85 widespead, sneaky hike possible?

Woaaaa!! Where do I start? How ’bout the DOE report. Refineries operated at just 87.9% of capacity last week. The week before they were at over 91%! Whats changed? Profit. It most likely has been dropping like a rock. With lower profit, refiners aren’t encouraged to pump out products, so this doesn’t surprise me. With [...]

Great DOE report, but will Iran and other news let us get to 1.99?

Another good DOE report. Crude gained, gasoline gained, and distillates gained. Venezula and Nigeria cut their own oil output as a result of “low prices” (rediculous), but that news actually helped push oil prices lower because it was such a small cut (170,000 barrels together). I’m willing to bet while those countries cut their production, [...]

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