By Janet McGurty NEW YORK (Reuters) - The high price of gasoline has some U.S. drivers looking to the future. A recently introduced service called MyGallons.com allows drivers to fill up their tanks sometime in the future but at current prices, using a...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. retail gasoline demand remained in a slump as high prices at the pump trimmed demand for the fuel, MasterCard Advisors said Tuesday. "The regional year-over-year view shows all regions but the Midwest are consuming less gasoline when compared...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales excluding cars jumped in June and posted their biggest one-month rise in seven months, as consumers spent some of their government rebate checks, a private report released on Monday showed. Consumer spending minus auto sales grew...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil inventories rose unexpectedly last week amid an uptick in imports and continued soft fuel demand in the world's top consuming nation, according to a government report Wednesday. U.S. crude oil futures on the New York Mercantile...
Many people using gasoline-powered tools such as high-pressure washers, concrete cutting saws, power trowels, floor buffers, welders, pumps, compressors, and generators in buildings or semien closed spaces have been poisoned by carbon monoxide CO. It is not widely known that small gasoline-powered engines and tools present a serious health hazard....
Due to operational process changes, a mid-continent refinery was confronted with the problem of having excess mercaptans in their gasoline blend stock. The mercaptan content in the gasoline run down from the FCCU exceeded the designed capability of their existing mercaptan removal processes. BJ Chemical Services recommended the use of...
Diesel fuel hit an all-time high of $4.04 per gallon on March 22, according to the AAA Fuel Gauge Report. Besides hurting long-haul truckers, the high price of diesel could also spoil the party for the U.S. debut of diesel-powered passenger cars from German automakers. Starting this...
Most of the economic analyses of California's gasoline market have attributed higher prices to costs or scarcity, while many in the general population and press have suspected "gouging." In fact, as California's gasoline market continues to tighten, the result will be both greater price premiums due to real scarcity and...
The report recommends that the state investigate the possibility of a "strategic fuel reserve," consisting of gasoline kept in public storage tanks that would be available to private suppliers through a daily auction. The state's gasoline refineries are operating at near maximum production, and when an unplanned refinery outage occurs,...
The paper welcomes the opportunity to discuss California's efforts to replace methyl tertiary-butyl ether MTBE with ethanol and what impacts this transition has had on gasoline supplies and prices during the first six months of last year. Beginning January 1, 2004, California will no longer permit the use of MTBE...
The EPA established requirements for Tier II motor gasoline and on-road diesel to meet the requirements of the Clean Air Act. Tier II is scheduled to be implemented over the next few years. Tier II requirements have the potential to materially alter the supply of on-road diesel and gasoline in...
This paper focuses on one potential explanation for regional variations in price levels and volatility, gasoline content regulation. Implemented regionally to address local mobile-source emissions, gasoline content regulations increase cost to refiners, transporters and distributors of gasoline, in addition to reducing the fungibility of gasoline across different regions. This paper...
This focal point of this article is the marketing of motor gasoline through retail outlets. Motor gasoline marketing may be the most publicly prominent activity of the U.S. majors. In part this may be because motor gasoline is the most widely consumed petroleum product of U.S. households, accounting for more...
Gasoline costs more than $4 a gallon. Food prices are rising. Home foreclosures are increasing. Surrounding us are messages trying to entice us to spend or put on credit all the latest gadgets. Credit card offers arrive in the mail almost daily. It's easy to get now...
ISE Corporation today announced theappointment of Richard Sander as Chief Executive Officer and theappointment of David Mazaika as Chairman of the Board. Both appointmentsare effective August 1, 2008. Mr. Sander will retain his previous title ofPresident and succeed Mr. Mazaika as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Mazaikawill take...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/27dc7c/snapshots_us_retai) has announced the addition of the "Snapshots US Retailing 2008" report to their offering. Snapdatas Snapshots US Retailing 2008 provides 2007 year-end market size data, with 2008 estimates, 5 years of historical data and five-year forecasts. The Snapshots report gives an...
Mid-West Retailer Now Featuring Coffee House-Style Beverages at Most of Its 1,600 Locations SAN DIEGO -- Javo[R] Beverage Company, Inc. (OTCBB:JAVO), a leading provider of premium dispensable coffee and tea-based beverages to the food service industry, today announced that Speedway SuperAmerica LLC SSA, the largest company-owned and operated...
SymPowerco Corporation (PINKSHEETS: SYMW), anemerging developer of advancedfuel cell and power deliverysystems , today announced that it has received an expression of interestin its unique Flowing Electrolyte Direct Methanol Fuel Cell technologiesfor use in motorbike applications in the Far East. The motorbike is the primary means of...
Gulf Ethanol Corporation (PINKSHEETS: GFET)addresses consumer questions about ethanol. How much ethanol is produced in the U.S.? According to the Renewable Fuels Association( http://www.ethanolrfa.org/industry/statistics/#A ), the U.S. produced 5.4billion gallons of ethanol in 2007. As of March 2008, U.S. ethanolproduction capacity was at 7.2 billion gallons, with an additional 6.2billion...
WASHINGTON AFP — President George W. Bush Tuesday tried to quell crisis fears stalking the US economy, saying it would emerge stronger than ever from current troubles, though admitting Americans faced tough times. With global shares tumbling and anxiety in the banking and mortgage sectors, Bush held a...
