Tagged Posts for Gasoline
Olympic Pipeline Partially Restarts; 20 Inch Line Stays Shut Pending Repairs
BP Pipelines North America said early Tuesday that the Olympic pipeline completed a partial restart after tests showed no indication of a leak in the 16-inch pipeline segment, allowing the line to safely resume operations. Read More
California-Bound Gasoline Cargoes Set for Arrival Amid Refinery, Pipe Work
More than 1 million barrels of gasoline are set to arrive in California within the next 10 days, as market participants navigate pipeline constraints in the Pacific Northwest and refinery maintenance events in Los Angeles. Read More
Oneok Reports Third Quarter Refined Product Shipments Increased 1-3% from Q2
Oneok on Wednesday reported its third quarter financial results, which showed refined product shipments in the quarter were up by about 1-3% from quarter two. Read More
E15 Growth Expected to Continue Despite Ongoing Challenges: Panelists
E15 growth is expected to continue into 2026, despite continuing challenges, according to panelists speaking this week at the Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America's (SIGMA) annual meeting in Nashville. Read More
FERC Rejects Colonial Pipeline’s Proposed Tariff Changes on Gasoline Grades
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has rejected Colonial Pipeline's proposed tariff modifications that would have changed how the pipeline operator ships various gasoline grades with different Reid Vapor Pressures. Read More
Phoenix to Receive Half of Proposed Product Pipeline’s Volumes: Phillips 66
Phillips 66 expects about half of the refined product volumes shipped on its proposed Western Gateway pipeline from the U.S. Midcontinent to Arizona and California would be shared equally by both states, Brian Mandell, the company's executive vice president for marketing and commercial said on Wednesday. Read More
Year-Round E15 Sales the ‘Top Priority’ for Ethanol Industry: RFA Chief
WASHINGTON -- E15 expansion has emerged as the "top priority" for the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA), its chief executive officer said Monday. Read More
Trends Suggest More Balanced California Gasoline Market Ahead of RVP Switch
The annual switch from 5.99-lb. RVP summer-grade gasoline to cheaper-to-make winter-grade blends in the West Coast has led to sharply different price moves over the past five years, but recent trends point to a more balanced supply and demand picture ahead of this year's transition, according to OPIS pricing history and public inventory data. Read More
Nevada Governor Seeks to Establish Committee Focused on Fuel Stability
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo is seeking to create a committee that will focus on strengthening the state’s fuel supply by reducing “vulnerabilities to regional and national disruptions,” a news release from the governor’s office said on Thursday. Read More
US-Mexico Energy Trade Drops 21% in 2024 as Crude Imports Decline
The value of energy trade between the U.S. and Mexico in 2024 dropped to its lowest level since 2020 amid falling fuel prices and reduced Mexican oil output, according to a recent report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Read More
Northern California Refineries May Cover Supply Following El Segundo Fire
With a fire outbreak at Chevron's 290,500 b/d El Segundo refinery near Los Angeles now extinguished, traders and analysts speculate refineries in Northern California will bear the short-term brunt of supplying Southern California with distillates and gasoline products. Read More
Russia’s Diesel Exports Plunge Amid Ukrainian Attacks on Refineries
Russia’s diesel exports plummeted in September to an eight-year low for the month as a recent wave of Ukrainian drone attacks has significantly disrupted the country’s refining system. Read More
OPIS Forum: Energy Transition is about Diversification, Not a Linear Shift
The simultaneous rise in consumption of both fossil fuels and renewables is making energy transition less a simple phase-out of traditional fuels and more an expansion of power sources, with the process likely to take longer than expected, given varying stages of development across the world, said panelists at the OPIS Energy and Chemicals Forum on Wednesday. Read More
OPIS Forum: China’s EV Growth Putting Brakes on Gasoline Demand
Electric vehicles are spearheading China’s energy transition, with the cheaper costs of electricity putting pressure on the growth of gasoline consumption , according to findings from Sinopec Economics and Development Research Institute, presented at the OPIS Energy and Chemicals Forum in Singapore on Wednesday. Read More
Oil Price to Fall Sharply in Coming Months on Stock Buildup, OPEC Hikes: EIA
The Energy Information Administration said on Tuesday it expects the price of crude oil to decline significantly in the coming months, weighed down by large oil inventory builds as OPEC and its allied members increase oil production. Read More
EPA Moves to Revoke Finding Underpinning GHG Emission Regulations
The Trump administration on Tuesday unveiled its plan to revoke the finding that greenhouse gases endanger human health, which could allow for the invalidation of multiple federal climate regulations. Read More
Will European Refinery Run Rises Boost Diesel Yields and Support Margins?
The International Energy Agency’s July Oil Market Report says that European refinery throughput in July 2025 is projected to be 11.3 million barrels/day, up from 11 million b/d in June and 10.9 million b/d in May. The IEA added “the current strong margin environment and rising crude supplies increase the chances that runs will surprise to the upside in the coming months.” Read More
OPEC+ Production August Increase Covered by Current Production
On July 5, the eight members of OPEC+—the grouping of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and ten other oil exporters—that agreed last December to an additional voluntary cut of 2.2 million barrels/day over a two-year period, announced the final stage of the unwinding of these cuts one year ahead of schedule by agreeing to a production increase of 548,000 b/d effective Aug 1. Read More