05-06-07 by dugan Until this weekend, I was sure the Senate, including California’s senior Senator, would cave in to the oil industry and weaken, if not kill, House legislation to fix botched federal contracts that…
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Archive | Tag: price-gouging
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Who’s Bad for Business?
4-5-07 by Court In response to our recent report about California gouging, oil industry flack Tupper Hull served up his usual excuses, but added this one to the list: our consumer group has "a…
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Hawaii Takes Action, Sees Result
05-04-07 by dugan Hawaii’s politicians are acting to take some control over gasoline prices. Why can’t California’s lawmakers do it? Hawaii’s gasoline price averages just under $3.25 today, says the AAA fuel gauge website….
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CA Penalty = $7-$15 Per Fill-Up
NEWS RELEASE: May 3, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522 ext. 305, cell: 213-280-0175, or Jamie Court, ext. 327, cell: 310-874-9989, or Tim Hamilton, 360-495-4941 "California Penalty" Reaches $7 to $15 Per Fill-Up, Report Shows; Oil…
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What Drives Spending? Gasoline
05-02-07 by dugan When I saw this week’s federal consumer spending report, which in a nutshell was up, but not up as much as in recent months, I knew one thing for sure: Everyone’s spending…
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Insider: Another Dime Per Gallon This Week?
05-01-07 by Dugan OilWatchdog’s Insider is sounding the alarm about substantial new gasoline price increases in the pipeline in California. He told us last Friday about wholesale delivery increases of 8 cents to 10 cents…
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Big Oil “Shortage” Drives Record Pump Prices
NEWS RELEASE: April 30, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, or cell: 213-280-0175 Oil Companies Created "Shortage" That Is Driving Record Pump Prices, Says Group; Last Year’s Record Is Shattered at $3.40 for Regular…
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Chevron’s Profit, Drivers’ Loss
04-27-07 by dugan Fuel Refining Margins Zoom, Rest of 1st Q Report Lists Minuses Chevron, like Exxon Mobil and the other major oil companies, saw its earnings in the traditional oil business dip in the first…
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Insider Scoop on Bigger Price Spikes
04/27/07 by dugan Oilwatchdog’s buddy known as “Insider” tells us that gasoline stations are seeing 10-cent-a-gallon increases this week in the gasoline delivered to them by oil companies. It’s more than one company and looks…
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Exxon Profiteering = Record 1st Qtr Profit
NEWS RELEASE: April 26, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, (310) 392-0522 ext. 305, or cell: 213 280-0175, or Jamie Court, ext. 327 ExxonMobil’s Profiteering At Refineries Brings 1st Qtr Record Even As Revenues Fall; Regulators, Lawmakers…
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BP Losses Offset By West Profits
NEWS RELEASE April 24, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, (310) 392-0522 ext. 305, cell: (213) 280-0175, or Jamie Court, ext. 327 ‘Bumbling Petroleum’ (BP) Manages to Halt Record Profit Runs; Losses Elsewhere Offset by High Gasoline…
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Big Week for Big Oil
This is 1st quarter profit week for Big Oil. BP Tuesday, Conoco Wednesday, Exxon Thursday and Chevron Friday (Shell not until next week). Yet another record? We’ll be writing about it.
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Fight “Battered Driver” Syndrome
04/19/07 by dugan There’s a lot of talk lately about drivers "getting used to" gasoline over $3 a gallon, and in parts of California over $4. Not true. No un-rich driver gets used to the…