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• Half Price Holiday Sale On Gas

  Thursday, November 13, 2008 7:15 PM
  

  Deflation is alive and well on street corners across the country. The average price for retail gasoline will descend below $2.15 gal this weekend, and if the truth be know, Americans will fuel up for the Thanksgiving holiday at about half the price they Read More... Posted Thursday, November 13, 2008 7:15 PM by Tom Kloza | 0 Comments Filed under: Ethanol, Crude, Diesel, Retail, Gas Prices, Jet Fuel, Petroleum Marketers, OPIS, heating oil, Chevron, Wall Street, Valero, Shell, gasoline crude oil economy predictions refiners American Express EIA Chavez

• The Ike Spike

  Wednesday, September 10, 2008 5:34 PM
  

  September 11 Quick Update: Fuel prices are going absolutely ballistic this morning as Ike heads toward the largest refinery cluster on the planet. The thoughts below are still appropriate but the numbers have changed. We are seeing the price of spot or Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 10, 2008 5:34 PM by Tom Kloza | 0 Comments Filed under: Crude, Diesel, Retail, Gas Prices, Petroleum Marketers, OPIS, Wall Street, Valero

• We've Hit $3.00 Gal, But For How Long?

  Friday, May 04, 2007 3:10 PM
  

  If you had May 4 as the target day for 2007 gasoline prices hitting $3.00 gal, this is your lucky day and you can cash in on the office pool. The average retail price for unleaded regular hit $3.012 gal this morning, up 31.2cts gal in one month, but a Read More... Posted Friday, May 04, 2007 3:10 PM by Tom Kloza | 0 Comments Filed under: Ethanol, Crude, Biodiesel, Retail, Gas Prices, Jet Fuel, Wholesale Racks, Petroleum Marketers, OPIS, Detroit, Auto show, Chevron, Wall Street, ConocoPhillips, Shell

• Excuse Me While I Touch The Sky

  Tuesday, April 24, 2007 9:13 AM
  

  I received almost a dozen phone calls and emails yesterday asking about the possibility of $4.00 gal gasoline prices this Summer. Never mind that the U.S. national average is more than 10cts gal shy of $3.00 gasoline - - that number isn’t sexy enough Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 24, 2007 9:13 AM by Tom Kloza | 0 Comments Filed under: Crude, Retail, Gas Prices, Petroleum Marketers, OPIS, Chevron, Valero, Tesoro, ConocoPhillips, Shell

• Calm down, the fuel party is almost over

  Friday, April 06, 2007 4:57 PM
  

  If you listen to some of the hysterical rants and hyperbole in oil circles this month, you might conclude that we are on our way to $80 bbl crude oil and $3-$4 gal gasoline . Do not believe the rhetoric and the scare stories. This particular rally is Read More... Posted Friday, April 06, 2007 4:57 PM by Tom Kloza | 0 Comments Filed under: Ethanol, Crude, Retail, Gas Prices, Petroleum Marketers, OPIS, Detroit, Wall Street

• Record First Quarter Should Give Way To Quieter Market

  Monday, April 02, 2007 10:50 AM
  

  Retail fuel prices will move above $2.70 gal this week, and perhaps even flirt with $2.75 gal by Easter Sunday . But evidence is mounting that we are in the last throes of this high price insurgency. Of course, that sort of temperate prediction won’t Read More... Posted Monday, April 02, 2007 10:50 AM by Tom Kloza | 0 Comments Filed under: Crude, Diesel, Retail, Gas Prices, Petroleum Marketers, OPIS, heating oil, Wall Street

• The Physics of the 2007 Gasoline Price Rally

  Thursday, March 08, 2007 1:17 PM
  

  Yes, we are about to see $3.00 gal gasoline prices as an average , at least in the state of California . But no, this is not the beginning of the next fuel price apocalypse. But more on that in a moment. Note: You can keep up-to-date on this March Madness Read More... Posted Thursday, March 08, 2007 1:17 PM by Tom Kloza | 0 Comments Filed under: Ethanol, Crude, Retail, Gas Prices, Wholesale Racks, Petroleum Marketers, OPIS, Chevron, Wall Street, State of the Union Address, Valero, ConocoPhillips

• Billion Dollar Baby

  Friday, March 02, 2007 10:09 AM
  

  Within the next two weeks, Americans will see the first significant impact of the passage of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 . Daylight Savings Time will enable more motorists commuting home from work to see the higher prices in the light of day. The daily Read More... Posted Friday, March 02, 2007 10:09 AM by Tom Kloza | 0 Comments Filed under: Crude, Diesel, Retail, Gas Prices, Petroleum Marketers, OPIS, Wall Street

• Triple Witching Day For Oil, Beware of March

  Wednesday, February 28, 2007 8:59 AM
  

  Today could be triple witching day for the oil markets. We have a still shaken world financial community, the key release of Energy Information Administration data petroleum statistics at mid-morning, and the expiration of March futures contracts. If Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 28, 2007 8:59 AM by Tom Kloza | 0 Comments Filed under: Crude, Diesel, Retail, Gas Prices, Petroleum Marketers, OPIS, Wall Street

• Financial Market Woes May Test Oil Price Mojo

  Tuesday, February 27, 2007 9:36 AM
  

  Nationwide gasoline prices begin today at $2.37 gal, up 23cts gal in the last month, and some 13cts gal higher than last year. All Pacific Coast states have surpassed $2.50 gal, and California averages have trumped $2.83 gal. The last of the sub-$2.00 Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 27, 2007 9:36 AM by Tom Kloza | 0 Comments Filed under: Crude, Diesel, Retail, Gas Prices, Petroleum Marketers, OPIS, Wall Street

• Gasoline Prices Up 20cts gal Since Last Month

  Monday, February 26, 2007 9:14 AM
  

  U.S. consumers this week may pay about $100-million more each day for gasoline than they paid during the week of the President’s State of the Union Address. Pump prices are up by more than 20cts gal since that late January week, and the gap could Read More... Posted Monday, February 26, 2007 9:14 AM by Tom Kloza | 0 Comments Filed under: Crude, Retail, Gas Prices, Petroleum Marketers, OPIS, heating oil, State of the Union Address

• Pain At The Pump Is Just Beginning

  Thursday, February 22, 2007 5:28 PM
  

  I undeservedly get attention as a “gasoline price guru”. There are two secrets for that notoriety. It is bestowed on me first and foremost because I have good TV “hair” for a gentleman who has passed the half century mark. But Read More... Posted Thursday, February 22, 2007 5:28 PM by Tom Kloza | 0 Comments Filed under: Crude, Diesel, Retail, Risk Management, Gas Prices, Jet Fuel, Wholesale Racks, Petroleum Marketers, OPIS, Wall Street, Valero

• Peter, Paul & Arizona

  Tuesday, February 20, 2007 6:40 PM
  

  I’ll make this short . Rising gasoline prices will soon get front page attention in western time zones. Retail prices have mostly “crept” higher since late January, but some much more noticeable increases will soon occur in California, Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 20, 2007 6:40 PM by Tom Kloza | 0 Comments Filed under: Crude, Diesel, Retail, Gas Prices, Petroleum Marketers, OPIS, Wall Street, State of the Union Address, Valero

• Oil Off to the Races

  Wednesday, January 31, 2007 9:11 AM
  

  If you’ve read this blog before, you will recognize that yours truly is fond of horse racing metaphors. The oil market ran like Mr. Ed on Monday, crumbling under the pressure of weekend Saudi comments that indicated the Kingdom was quite happy with Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 31, 2007 9:11 AM by Tom Kloza | 0 Comments Filed under: Crude, Diesel, Retail, Gas Prices, Petroleum Marketers, OPIS, heating oil, Saudi Arabia, Valero, Tesoro, ConocoPhillips, Shell

• 2007 Off To A Sloppy Start; Remembrance of Things Past

  Tuesday, January 02, 2007 4:54 PM
  

  The oil markets were semi-closed today, but let me provide further explanation to that qualified statement. The business week now includes nearly 24 hours per day of electronic trading, but the open outcry sessions that take place on the floor of the Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 02, 2007 4:54 PM by Tom Kloza | 0 Comments Filed under: Crude, Retail, Gas Prices, Petroleum Marketers, OPIS