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Feds report on petroleum reflects east & west coast refinery struggles

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The Energy Information Administration released its weekly report on the status of petroleum inventories in the United States today.

Here are some highlights:

CRUDE INVENTORIES:
Crude oil inventories decreased by 2.0 million barrels to a total of 373.1 million barrels. At 373.1 million barrels, inventories are 33.6 million barrels above last year (9.9%) and are above the upper limit of the average range.

GASOLINE INVENTORIES:
Gasoline inventories increased by 0.9 million barrels to 199.5 million barrels. At 199.5 million barrels, inventories are down 6.8 million barrels, or 3.3% lower than last year. Here's how individual regions and their gasoline inventory fared last week: East Coast (-0.2mb...


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Submitted Nov 01, 2012 By: PD
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PetroScopper
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Message Posted: Nov 6, 2012 4:22:09 AM

I don't think that will have any affect on the prices we will pay at the pump either way.
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honda0105
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Message Posted: Nov 5, 2012 6:09:30 AM

lots of refinery struggling is self-inflicted. Do some more preventative maintenance and many of the problems won't happen.
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alrighty then
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what will the market do?
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K
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OK
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Message Posted: Nov 2, 2012 8:02:55 AM

Just an excuse to keep prices up
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Message Posted: Nov 2, 2012 6:22:15 AM

Whatever.
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O.K.
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blah blah blah
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just another excuse to keep prices up
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Message Posted: Nov 2, 2012 6:02:23 AM

Still enough.
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Old
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yesterdays news
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ok
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Of course.
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Big Oil MANIPILATION
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Yada yada
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Message Posted: Nov 2, 2012 5:55:37 AM

Increasing gasoline inventories would indicate that refineries are keeping up - but I guess they can always spin it some way to justify raising prices.
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So when will the price at the pump drop?
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Message Posted: Nov 2, 2012 5:53:29 AM

The prices should have gone up. Somebody is keeping them down. Who would do that this close to the election?
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ok
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Pump prices stable here in spite of all the mayhem this week.
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Hmm
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It's a roll of the dice.
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Ok
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As I have previously said, a piece of paper or a computer will sit right there and let you print anything on it.
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Message Posted: Nov 2, 2012 5:37:11 AM

There's that Orwellian term again: "Energy Information Administration".

The blog articles either have little or nothing to do with gas prices, or are statistical data ostensibly intended to describe, and perhaps influence, the ups and down of the market.
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And around and around we go.
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And local stations are still overcharging.Why 80/85 cents per gallon over Comex?
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flipflopflipflop....and we pay
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O boy.
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Manipulation.
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ok
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Message Posted: Nov 2, 2012 5:25:37 AM

They're still working but their will come a time the need for them just won't be there.
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Supply and demand no longer dictate gas prices, oil company greed does.
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Both BoernerWatch and jcurley make great points.
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Here we go. Fasten ye ol seat belt.
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Yes, our prices will go down but we are no longer the controllers of the price of gas and oil. Since we now export more and more refined products, it is now the world price that determines much of what we pay for gas.

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unfortunately, oil and gas prices reflect *GLOBAL* supply and demand, and there's little we can do, as consumers, to change that, except switch over to "fuels" for our transportation needs, that do not come from oil.
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Oh, I am crying tears as big as an elephant because of their struggles.
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Time for diesel
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Yawn
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Yes, the tides rise and fall.
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these reports will be spun to raise prices
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oh boy
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As mentioned before a waste of useless words.
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