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EIA: US retail diesel prices increase to >$6 per gallon in the Northeast; nearly equal to California

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Prices of distillate fuels change with the price of crude oil and with developments specific to distillate product markets. In 2022, both low global distillate fuel inventories and high crude oil prices have been contributing to higher global distillate prices.

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2020 Thanksgiving week gasoline consumption in US lowest since 1997

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California was measured with a year-on-year loss of 17.3%, but that gap is likely to grow thanks to new stay-at-home restrictions. For decades, California led all US states in consumption of gasoline, but that position has been passed to Texas, which finds smaller year-on-year volume declines of 15.8%. and 1.1%, respectively.

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California Gasoline Use Down 2.3%, Diesel Down 3.2% in November 2009

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California gasoline consumption decreased 2.3% January through November 2009, California gasoline consumption declined 1.4% The average price at the pump for gasoline in California during November 2009 was $3.01 Diesel consumption in California declined by 3.2% Diesel consumption in California declined by 3.2%

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California Gas Prices Set To Soar Beyond 2008 High Of $4.61

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Gas prices are going up. With the Golden State already paying some of the highest gas prices in the nation, California drivers will find it's going to get more costly than ever to fill their tanks. According to Reuters, oil analyst Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst for Oil Price Information Service, expects the.

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Refiners and Truckers Associations Challenge California LCFS in Federal Court

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The National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA) filed a legal challenge to California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) with the US District Court, Eastern District of California, Fresno Division. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.). By regulating the fuel pathway of transportation fuels—i.e.,

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Junkyard Find: 1987 Chevrolet Sprint ER

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Even though memories of the gas lines and fuel rationing of 1979 were still vivid by 1987, oil prices crashed hard during the middle 1980s, hitting bottom in 1986. Versions of this generation of Cultus were sold everywhere , thanks to the long reach of the GM Empire 1987 Chevrolet Sprint ER in California junkyard.

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US average retail gasoline prices ended 2017 lower than they started

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In 5 of the 10 cities for which EIA collects weekly retail price data, gasoline prices exceeded $3.00/gal Rising crude oil prices and high levels of gasoline demand contributed to rising gasoline prices from January through May. gal at least once in 2018. per gallon between October and December.

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