3-5-10 by dugan I guess its’s fitting that it took a New York newspaper to inform Californians that a couple of giant Texas oil refining companies are bankrolling a ballot initiative to kill the…
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Why CA Pays More For Gas
Why Californians Are Paying Even More For Gas By David R. Baker, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE September 24, 2009 Californians usually pay more for gasoline than do other Americans. But not this much more. A…
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Holiday Travel Expected To Go Up
Lower Gas Prices Expected to Fuel More Memorial Day Travel By Staff Writers, CONVENIENCE STORE NEWS May 19, 2009 NEW YORK, NY — U.S. travel during the Memorial Day holiday this weekend will rise about…
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Tesoro Refinery Slow Down
Local Refinery Will Slow Or Stop For Repairs By George Avalos, INSIDE BAY AREA (CALIFORNIA) February 23, 2009 Tesoro Corp. has slowed production on a hydrocracker unit at the company’s Golden Eagle Refinery in Martinez…
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Is Calif. getting lucky?
9-17-08 by dugan California, usually at the top of the gasoline price pyramid, has lately been just below the national average of $3.85 a gallon, a near unheard-of situation. It’s partly about the wholesale-level gouging…
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Oil-crash crystal ball
7-28-08 by dugan Here’s a crystal ball report: The top four oil companies–Exxon, Shell, BP and Chevron–will all report record quarterly profits this week, a result of oil prices driven to the stratosphere in speculative…
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Squeezed At Both Ends
Squeezed At Both Ends — Independent Refiners Watch Profits Sink As Consumption Falls By Jad Mouawad, THE NEW YORK TIMES May 14, 2008 While drivers are facing sticker shock at the pump these days, here…
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Small Profits for Gas Stations
Record Oil Company Earnings Haven’t Trickled Down to Gas Stations By Laura Hancock, DESERET NEWS (Utah) May 11, 2008 BOUNTIFUL, UT — During the first week in May, Doug Olson sold fuel at a loss….
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Record gas prices by spring
Gasoline prices, already up 72 cents a gallon over a year ago, are poised to go higher — possibly shattering records. The federal Energy Information Administration on Tuesday projected the price of regular gasoline, now…
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Refiners’ profit streak could fade
The Houston Chronicle (Texas) August 31, 2007 by Brett Clanton, Houston Chronicle Refiners’ profit streak could fade Soaring gasoline prices this spring and summer may have pinched drivers, but they helped U.S. oil refiners rack…
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“Motor Fuel Rip-off Notice” Stickers
The Kansas City Star (Missouri) August 25, 2007 by Steve Everly, The Kansas City Star California group offers free stickers of displeasure on hot fuel "Warning. Motor Fuel Rip-off Notice." That message of displeasure is…
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Exxon tries to cool “hot fuel”
The San Francisco Chronicle August 10, 2007 by David R. Baker, Chronicle Staff Writer ExxonMobil using tiny stickers to cool disparity over hot fuel ExxonMobil Corp. has put stickers on its gas pumps in California…
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Exxon Admits “Hot Fuel” Ripoff
NEWS RELEASE July 17, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, or cell: 213-280-0175 ExxonMobil Pump Decals Will Admit "Hot Fuel" Ripoff to Consumers; Group Demands the Next Step: Fix the Problem Santa Monica, CA…