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What Happened to California’s Cap-and-Trade Gasoline Price Hike?
January 19, 2015
Oil industry observers, including the Downstream Wizard, predicted that California retail gasoline prices would go up around New Year’s Day as transportation fuels would come under California’s Cap-and-Trade regulation. At current prices for carbon, Covered Entities like refiners and marketers who pay the tax on fuels, should be passing through about 10 cents per gallon...
Wisdom from the Downstream Wizard
Very Merry Bubble Map: A Gift at the Gas Station
December 11, 2014
December 11, 2014 Filling up the Stillwater Honda Odyssey cost a very jolly $45 this week, the delightful effect of a glut of crude oil supply. The drop in prices at the pump is giving consumers a little unexpected year-end bonus. Crude oil spot prices are the lowest they’ve been since we started this blog....
Wisdom from the Downstream Wizard
2-for-1 Friday: Bubble Map and Gasoline Price Spike Update
January 24, 2014
November 15, 2012 The Bubble Map is back! Since we last checked in crude oil spot prices have fallen. The price of WTI has dropped $10 since the end of August to $85.45 on November 15th. The price differential between WTI and WCS has doubled to $32 under. Limited pipeline capacity is to blame for...
Wisdom from the Downstream Wizard
The Southern California Gas Price Spike
January 24, 2014
October 7, 2012 What happened in the spot market? Spot prices started to move up on refinery problems on 9/27. By Monday, October 1, the spot was up 30 cpg On that Monday, Exxon Mobil’s Torrance refinery lost power due to an equipment failure at Southern California Edison. Spot prices rose to 83 cpg to...
Wisdom from the Downstream Wizard
June Update on the Mid Continent Bubble
January 24, 2014
June 20, 2012 Crude oil spot prices have remained in about the same place since the last blog post, except for Western Canadian Select and Bakken. WCS has dropped another $2 from June 1, to $22 under WTI. The Canadian Pacific Railway strike, that ended last Friday, may have played a small part in the...
Wisdom from the Downstream Wizard
Update on the Mid Continent Bubble
January 24, 2014
May 17, 2012 We continue to keep a close eye on the crude oil supply situation in the mid continent. Since the last blog post, the price differentials of marker crudes have shrunk. As you can see from the map, on May 16, WTI was selling at $99 a barrel, down from $103 a barrel...
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