Oil news not good today

One Navy guy to another - thank him for his service. I spent some time at sea aboard USS Lincoln when she was brand new.
Will do and much appreciated. He’s in his 1st year, so lots of stuff is being thrown at him. He’s in San Diego waiting for his orders, which will probably involve the Lincoln. He was set to go and then this happened. Thank you for your service as well sir!
 
I’m actually shocked prices haven’t gone up more, a lot more.
Gas prices were $1.20 before they started, they are now $1.33-1.36…nothing considering what is happening…20% of the worlds oil ‘offline’ overnight…
Also shocked China isn’t angrier - they are all business, and this is mucking up their ‘energy in, cheap products out’ way of doing business…I’d thought they’d have stepped in by now…
I am sure they will try.

Taking Venezuelan oil first seems to have been a good move.
 
I’m actually shocked prices haven’t gone up more, a lot more.
Gas prices were $1.20 before they started, they are now $1.33-1.36…nothing considering what is happening…20% of the worlds oil ‘offline’ overnight…
Also shocked China isn’t angrier - they are all business, and this is mucking up their ‘energy in, cheap products out’ way of doing business…I’d thought they’d have stepped in by now…
China needs to buy oil on the global market instead of direct deals with rulers who benefit in some unsavory ways - all as the cash/jobs get sucked out of that local economy …
 
Chinese propaganda is in overdrive. and it has infiltrated pretty much everything.
Of course …

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A side note, consider a 747 jet flying from NY to London then back round trip.. approximately 3,500 miles each way. The jet will consume approximately 35,000 gallons of jet A fuel getting 5 gallons per mile. For a trip that would take just over a day.

Now figure how much fuel you have bought in your lifetime so far. Here are some numbers, perhaps your mileage may vary. Consider you own a vehicle that averages 25mpg. You would have to drive about 900,000 miles to burn 35,000 gallons of fuel, total fuel cost $105,000 with a fuel cost of $3/gallon.

Anyone here besides long haul truckers that may have driven that many miles in your personal vehicles?

And, if Jet A costs $4/gallon on average the round trip above would cost $140,000 in just fuel alone!

I complain about putting $40 into the tank filling up...lol.
This doesn't account for fuel hedging by airlines nor the spot price at the pump. DIA the last time I checked wanted $8 a gallon.
 
1) I learned (correctly or otherwise) that the Saudis are rerouting the oil to be shipped....right through the Red Sea to come out the Gulf of Aden. Have the pirates been neutered?
2) If oil as a commodity is rising, why is it that diesel is disproportionately more expensive than unleaded? Someone who works in the supply chain business says that diesel at the pumps is competing with diesel in the mining industry and airlines. I don't think that mining production and air travel ramped up the past 10 days.
 
Refineries can trade the yield of more gasoline from a barrel of crude by making less diesel. The refinery industry is in position to manipulate the price of refined products.
 
2) If oil as a commodity is rising, why is it that diesel is disproportionately more expensive than unleaded? Someone who works in the supply chain business says that diesel at the pumps is competing with diesel in the mining industry and airlines. I don't think that mining production and air travel ramped up the past 10 days.
From a couple of summers ago - my guess is the Europeans are buying up our spot to ship there. Same thing happened after the start of the Ukraine war - there desperate for diesel so our refineries push out as much as they can. It ultimately causes a glut of gasoline.
 
Refineries can trade the yield of more gasoline from a barrel of crude by making less diesel. The refinery industry is in position to manipulate the price of refined products.
Its only by a few percentage points that they can shift - depends on the refinery and the crude there using. But yes the stuff is priced on the margin so maybe.
 
1) I learned (correctly or otherwise) that the Saudis are rerouting the oil to be shipped....right through the Red Sea to come out the Gulf of Aden. Have the pirates been neutered?
2) If oil as a commodity is rising, why is it that diesel is disproportionately more expensive than unleaded? Someone who works in the supply chain business says that diesel at the pumps is competing with diesel in the mining industry and airlines. I don't think that mining production and air travel ramped up the past 10 days.
In 2022, the US exported 16.4 billion gallons of ultra low sulfur diesel...but we also imported 2.8 billion gallons of it.
Total US production of diesel was 73.46 B gallons
Total US consumption was 60.3 B gallons
 
Crude oil now hovering around $100/barrel, spiking to $110..... I may park the Dodge Charger 5.7 and start driving the Veloster until oil prices come back down. Gas was $3.45-$3.55 for regular 87 octance here yesterday. Gasbuddy has prices at $3.59/gallon around here today.
 
Crude oil now hovering around $100/barrel, spiking to $110..... I may park the Dodge Charger 5.7 and start driving the Veloster until oil prices come back down. Gas was $3.45-$3.55 for regular 87 octance here yesterday. Gasbuddy has prices at $3.59/gallon around here today.

How many miles do you drive a year? I mean how much money are we really talking?
 
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