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A Look at Oregon’s First Credit Clearance Market

June 20, 2019

On May 31st, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) issued a statement explaining the need for a Credit Clearance Market (CCM) to enable deficit holders in the Clean Fuels Program (CFP) to balance their accounts for the 2018 calendar year. Six entities (ARS Fresno, Conrad & Bischoff, Costco, Pilot, Pounder Oil Service, and Tyree...

Wisdom from the Downstream Wizard

California Gasoline Prices

May 28, 2019

Stillwater has been writing about California gasoline prices for a long time. Because gasoline prices on the West Coast, and in California in particular, tend to be volatile toward the upside, this issue always gets the attention of consumers and politicians. Our first engagement to look at this subject came from the California Energy Commission...

Wisdom from the Downstream Wizard

U.S. Refiners Supply Domestic Demand While Significantly Increasing Exports

May 20, 2019

We first created the graphic below, illustrating the flow of petroleum products in and out of the U.S. by PADD for the year, for a talk at a conference a few years ago. One of our friends who attended that conference asked for an update, so today we’re offering just that! As the figure shows,...

Presentations

LCFS Credit and Price Trends

April 25, 2019

On April 24, 2019, Stillwater’s VP of Operations, Megan Boutwell, presented Stillwater’s analysis of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credit and price trends at the North American Carbon World (NACW) Conference in Los Angeles. You can view a PDF of Megan’s presentation here.   Want LCFS news, data, and exclusive expert analysis delivered to...

Wisdom from the Downstream Wizard

Breaking down California’s gasoline price spike

April 17, 2019

California’s gasoline prices consistently outpace average pump prices across the U.S., but in the past month, Californians have experienced an average price increase of roughly 60 cents per gallon, spiking the Golden State’s fuel prices even higher than usual, as you can see in the chart from GasBuddy, below. What’s going on here? Why the...

White Papers

California’s Fossil Fuel “Sin Tax”

April 16, 2019

By John Faulstich With the recent increase in gasoline prices in California (the retail gas price average just bumped up over $4 per gallon) and renewed interest in this subject, we thought it timely to present an overview of the major components of what goes into the price of gasoline at the pump. The U.S....
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