Posts Tagged ‘retail price’

US heating oil up 90 cents from year ago at $3.67 a gallon

October 12th, 2008

United States - By Tom Doggett
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the U.S. heating season gets underway, the average price that homeowners paid for heating oil was $3.67 per gallon this week, the government said Wednesday.
The nationwide heating oil price is 90 cents higher than a year ago, according the federal Energy Information Administration’s weekly [...]

Head of petroleum organization explains reason for gas price increase

September 20th, 2008

By Brian Blackwell
Southeast Missourian
Gas prices at the pump continue to rise in Southeast Missouri, in spite of the fact that the price of wholesale gasoline was $2.45 and crude oil was less than $100 a barrel by mid-afternoon Wednesday on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
While motorists may be left scratching their heads about why they [...]