Tom Kloza
Tom Kloza
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Most areas of the country will see price increases in gasoline this week.
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We're looking at some pretty compelling increases mostly for gasoline, and it's based on worry,
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It is not a name that the public has an association with. In fairness to them, it is Russian-owned but U.S.-managed.
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I think everyone was underestimating the impact of Rita on refineries. It wasn't a Howitzer blow, but we took a bunch of bullets.
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Refinery margins just absolutely catapulted off the charts in 2005.
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Refiners are very popular on Wall Street now. If you bought refining (capacity) before the summer of 2005, you suddenly got one of the hottest assets on Wall Street.
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It is difficult to look forward to the first 100 or 200 days of 2006 and not conclude that the year will be reminiscent of 2005 with powerful and pronounced updrafts on prices.
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Unfortunately, 2006 is a year where those records are still possibly threatened.
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We're going to see $3 a gallon gas quite commonly in the next week or so,
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We are seeing a smattering of sub-$2 prices surfacing like premature crocuses across the country, and we may see a flirtation with $2 or less in a broad swath of the country this month.
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I can tell you traders aren't thrilled by that idea.
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We will probably see some states this week with retail gasoline prices of $2 a gallon or lower.
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Last year the market was anticipating such an incredible spring they valued the winter gasoline even a bit higher.
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One would wonder what the prices would be if it had actually been cold.