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How crude-oil prices influence gasoline prices

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The Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that in the United States from 2008 to 2017, crude oil represented only 61% of the retail price of gasoline. Refining costs and profits represented 12%, distribution and marketing costs 12%, and federal and state taxes 15%. for a 5-day lag in the present database, and +0.93

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The Next Oil Price Spike May Cripple The Industry

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Two diametrically opposed views dominate the current debate about where the oil price is heading. The first is that at present EVs do not yet outperform ICEVs comprehensively. Of course, a number of things could happen that would prevent such an oil supply crunch, and thus an oil price spike. Since (non-U.S.

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EIA: International demand will drive US production of petroleum and other liquids through 2050

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EIA projects that the United States will continue to be an integral part of global oil markets and a significant source of supply in these cases, as increased exports of finished products support US production. It also assumes the Brent crude oil price reaches $101 per barrel (b) (in 2022 dollars) by 2050.

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Opinion: The Saudi Oil Price War Is Backfiring

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Saudi Arabia has long enjoyed the status of being the top crude oil exporter in the world. With record production of 10.564 million barrels per day in June 2015, Saudi Arabia has been one of the major driving forces behind the current oil price slump. million barrels of low sulfur diesel to the European and Asian markets.

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$10-Trillion Investment Needed To Avoid Massive Oil Price Spike Says OPEC

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The OPEC published its World Oil Outlook 2015 (WOO) in late December, which struck a much more pessimistic note on the state of oil markets than in the past. On the one hand, OPEC does not see oil prices returning to triple-digit territory within the next 25 years, a strikingly bearish conclusion.

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Opinion: Consumers winning with low oil prices, for now

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Columbia and Associate Director of the Maguire Energy Institute at the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University in Dallas says it has: “No question we’re seeing the effects of lower oil prices throughout the economy.”. If you’re a consumer, you want the lowest price possible. Market Background Oil'

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More Job Losses Coming To US Shale

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With the recently concluded nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 countries, oil prices have already started heading downward on sentiments that Iran’s crude oil supply would further contribute to the already rising global supply glut. But with rising negative sentiment pertaining to oil prices, is U.S.