Archive for the " Gasoline " Category

First Uranium boosts Q3 output 44%

October 11th, 2009

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – TSX- and JSE-listed First Uranium’s gold production increased by 44% quarter-on-quarter to 21 374 oz in the third quarter of its financial year, ended September 30, 2009.
The 7 952 oz of gold produced at its Ezulwini mine was 110% higher than the previous quarter, while Mine Waste Solutions (MWS) had grown its [...]

Sunoco Offers New Gas Rewards Program With ACME Markets

August 10th, 2009

Sunoco, Inc. (NYSE: SUN - News) announced today that it has teamed up with ACME Markets to launch ACME GAS REWARDSTM, a new program that rewards customers with savings at the pump each time they make a qualifying purchase at their participating ACME. Customers can save as much as $.25 per gallon on purchases of [...]

China closing energy deals while oil is cheap

May 30th, 2009

By MICHAEL RICHARDSON
SINGAPORE — Cash-rich China is using a period of relatively low oil prices to improve its energy security and ensure that its economy has the oil-based fuels needed to sustain growth when recovery from the slump takes hold.
Should Japan, which is currently far more reliant on imported oil than China, adopt a similar [...]

Texas gas prices jump 6 cents to nearly $2.33

May 29th, 2009

IRVING, Texas — The average retail price for gasoline jumped more than six cents last week across Texas to nearly $2.33 a gallon.
AAA Texas on Thursday reported the nationwide average rose almost nine cents, reaching $2.45.
The association says El Paso had the state’s most expensive gasoline, at $2.39 a gallon. Houston and San Antonio [...]

Gasoline prices climb: Fuel costs on rise as summer driving season shifts into gear

May 23rd, 2009

Motorists still paying less than they did in 2008
Drivers aren’t exactly thrilled about paying more for gas than they were a month ago, but it sure beats the price they were paying at this time last year.
Gas prices climbed to an average of $2.30 a gallon in the Lafayette metro area Thursday.
That’s up 31 cents [...]

Gasoline prices swing higher before holiday

May 23rd, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) — Retail gasoline prices continued to climb Friday ahead of the Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of America’s summer driving season.
The national average pump price increased nearly 3 cents overnight to $2.391 a gallon, according to auto club AAA, Wright Express and Oil Price Information Service. Gasoline prices ticked [...]

U.S. average gasoline price rises: survey

May 18th, 2009

PERTH (Reuters) – Oil hovered little changed above $56 a barrel on Monday, pausing from the previous session’s near 4 percent loss, as the market awaited further economic data and movements in equities markets for directions.
U.S. crude for June delivery nudged up 5 cents to $56.39 a barrel by 11:48 p.m. EDT. The contract fell [...]

U.S. average gasoline price rises: survey

May 18th, 2009

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The average price for a gallon of gasoline in the United States increased nearly 25 cents in the past three weeks on a rise in crude oil prices, according to the Lundberg survey released on Sunday.
The average national price for self-serve, regular, unleaded gasoline was $2.3010 a gallon on May 15, [...]

Oil, gasoline prices rise ahead of supply report

May 13th, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) — Energy prices wavered after OPEC reported that member states had increased oil production for the first time since July despite a huge glut in supply.
Benchmark crude for June delivery rose 22 cents to $59.07 a barrel Wednesay on the New York Mercantile Exchange. In London, Brent prices dropped 13 cents to [...]

Gas prices skyrocketing

May 12th, 2009

With Memorial Day weekend less than two weeks away, one tradition tied to the holiday seems to have arrived ahead of schedule — rising prices at the gas pumps.
Area gas station owners say price increases, which typically come as Memorial Day approaches and the unofficial start to the summer driving season kicks off, have been [...]