Weekly Energy Market Situation, April 17, 2017
Oil Prices Hold Support RBOB prices holding; gas cracks, not so much OPEC reports remarkable rate of compliance Declining foreign crude oil stocks include Iran’s long-term waterborne storage Natural...
View ArticleVendor View: Bugs Cause Fuel System Damage, Part Two
Frederick J. Passman, Ph.D., Biodeterioration Control Associates, Inc. My last article discussed the opportunity costs caused by dispenser flow-rate reduction. I’ll open today’s article with a few...
View ArticleATA Truck Tonnage Index Decreased 1% in March
American Trucking Associations’ (ATA’s) advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index slipped 1% in March, following a 0.1% decline during February (February’s percentage decrease was...
View ArticleATA Honored to Win EPA SmartWay Affiliate Challenge Award
American Trucking Associations (ATA) officials expressed their gratitude to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for honoring the federation with its seventh EPA SmartWay Affiliate Challenge...
View ArticlePEI Updates PEI/RP100
The 2017 edition of PEI/RP100: Recommended Practices for Installation of Underground Liquid Storage Systems is available for purchase at www.PEI.org/RP100. The purchase price is $40 for Petroleum...
View ArticleWeekly Energy Market Situation, April 24, 2017
Bears Take Control OPEC-non-OPEC deal may be unraveling Crude oil tanker movements reach a record Gasoline supply up; gasoline demand down Natural gas storage lags last year, well ahead of five-year...
View ArticleWeekly Energy Market Situation, May 1, 2017
WTI Crude Oil Breaks $50 Support Prices soften even as crude oil usage grows U.S. shale oil production benefitting from efficiency gains Crude oil demand is forecast to grow in 2017 and 2018 Natural...
View ArticleVolvo Group Innovation Summit to Focus on Transport in Smart Cities of the...
With a focus on “Smart Cities—Infrastructure and Transport of the Future,” Volvo Group will host its inaugural Innovation Summit in London on May 16, 2017. Moderated by Richard Westcott, the BBC’s...
View ArticleWeekly Energy Market Situation, May 15, 2017
Crude Oil Prices Strengthen Calls to renew OPEC cuts are growing U.S. shale oil output exceeds expectations OPEC recognizes importance of shale oil in assessing global supply balances EIA projects...
View ArticleChanges Have Arrived at Fuel Marketer News
As we announced at the end of March, Fuel Marketer News (FMN) would soon be taking advantage of a range of data offerings generated by our parent company, EPIC News+Data. That day has arrived. We have...
View ArticleATA Commends Senate Push for Federal Hair Testing Standards
The American Trucking Associations is applauding U.S. Senator John Thune (R – S.D.) and a bipartisan group of senators for sending a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, urging...
View ArticleVendor View: Addressing Corrosion and Microbial Growth In Today’s Fuel...
(Photo: A corroded flapper valve from a diesel tank, next to another flapper valve from the gasoline tank at the same site.) By Brad Hoffman, Tanknology, Inc. EPA began to phase-in Ultra-low Sulfur...
View ArticleATA Truck Tonnage Index Decreased 2.5% in April
American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index slipped 2.5% in April, following a 1.1% decline during March. (March’s percentage decrease was slightly...
View ArticleWeekly Energy Market Situation, June 5, 2017
Large Banks Lower WTI Price Outlook Expect 2017 price to stall at $55 Market factors for 2018 bearish—higher crude oil supply inevitable End-2020 price forecast at $60 Slew of new natural gas supply...
View ArticleWeekly Energy Market Situation, June 12, 2017
Bearish Oil Outlook Persists U.S. production forecast to reach 10.01 million barrels daily in 2018 Gulf of Mexico production reaches record Propane price breaks uptrend support Natural gas injections...
View ArticleWeekly Energy Market Situation, June 19, 2017
U.S. Oil Stocks Rebounding U.S. supply adds half of recent inventory drop in three weeks Bearish price outlook continues U.S. production reacting to lower bread-even prices Natural gas storage 11%...
View ArticleATA Truck Tonnage Index Jumped 6.5% in May
American Trucking Associations’ (ATA’s) advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 6.5% in May, following a 1.5% decline during April. In May, the index equaled 144.1...
View ArticleATA Joins “Our Roads, Our Safety” Campaign
American Trucking Associations (ATA) joined with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), the American Bus Association (ABA) and AAA to unveil the Our Roads, Our Safety partnership...
View ArticleFMCSA Urges Everyone to “Share the Road Safely” in National Safety Campaign
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) continues its efforts to raise public awareness so that all drivers know how to operate safely around...
View ArticleATA Backs Major Conclusions from Study of CSA Effectiveness
American Trucking Associations (ATA) officials said they are pleased to see that the long-awaited review of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA’s) Compliance, Safety,...
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