Gasoline
Summer-Grade vs. Winter-Grade Gasoline: The Hidden Reason Pump Prices Jump Every Spring
A single volatility spec, Reid Vapor Pressure, quietly rewrites what refiners can pour into your tank every spring, and
By John Winkler · 6 min
The RBOB Machine: How Summer-Grade Gasoline Blending Sets the Pump Price
A pound or two of vapor pressure and a calendar date are why your gasoline gets more expensive every spring, and why the
By John Winkler · 6 min
Octane Economics: Why Premium Gasoline Costs More Than It Should
The extra 50-plus cents you pay for premium is not really a fuel cost; it is the price of a scarce blendstock pool that
By John Winkler · 6 min
The RIN Market: How a Tradeable Credit Quietly Sets the Price of Ethanol in Your Gas
A 38-character serial number attached to every gallon of ethanol has become one of the most volatile commodities in Amer
By Christy Davis · 6 min
Octane Explained: What the Numbers on the Pump Actually Mean and Why They Cost More
The yellow stickers reading 87, 89, and 93 measure knock resistance, not power or purity, and the gap in their prices co
By John Winkler · 6 min
IEA's 2026 EV Outlook: Electric Vehicles Now Displacing More Than a Million Barrels a Day
The IEA says the global electric-vehicle fleet knocked about 1.7 million barrels a day off oil demand in 2025, with Chin
By Roy Thomas · 5 min
Pemex Fuel Imports From the US Fall to Lowest Since 2008 as Domestic Refining Climbs
Mexico bought less American gasoline and diesel in 2025 than in any year since the last recession, as Pemex pushed its r
By Sarah Johnson · 5 min
U.S. Fuel Exports to Mexico Sink to 16-Year Low as Pemex Refineries Claw Back Demand
Mexico bought less American gasoline and diesel in 2025 than in any year since 2009, as the long-delayed Dos Bocas refin
By Sarah Johnson · 5 min
Russia Extends Gasoline Export Ban Into 2026 as Drone Strikes Squeeze Fuel Supply
Moscow is prolonging its gasoline export ban through year-end and clamping down on diesel shipments as Ukrainian drone s
By Sarah Johnson · 5 min
Vitol and Sunoco Take Delivery of Dangote's First-Ever Gasoline Cargo to the United States
A single Panama-flagged tanker at a New Jersey terminal just rewrote one line of the Atlantic gasoline map.
By Sarah Johnson · 5 min
Dangote Ships Its First Gasoline Cargo to the United States, Reversing a Century of Fuel-Trade Direction
The tanker Gemini Pearl discharged about 320,000 barrels of Nigerian gasoline at Sunoco's Linden, New Jersey terminal, t
By Sarah Johnson · 5 min
Dangote Begins Direct Fuel Deliveries To Nigerian Retailers
Africa's largest refinery started trucking petrol and diesel straight to filling stations on August 15, absorbing the fr
By Sarah Johnson · 5 min
BP Shares Fall 4.3% Following Warning of Up to $2 Billion Impairment and Weak Refining Margins
BP shares tumbled 4.3% after the company issued a warning about potential impairments of up to $2 billion, coupled with
By Sarah Johnson · 3 min