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Inventories down but Syria news is ruling!:cool:
EIA Petroleum Status Report
[TABLE="class: actual_consensus_box"]
[TR="class: actual_consensus_toprow"]
[TD]		PriorActual
Crude oil inventories (weekly change)
Gasoline (weekly change)
Distillates (weekly change)

[TD="class: econo-releaseinfo"] Released On 9/18/2013 10:30:00 AM For wk9/13, 2013 [/TD]

[TD="class: actual_consensus_box_numbers"]-0.2 M barrels[/TD]
[TD="class: actual_consensus_box_numbers"] -4.4 M barrels [/TD]

[TD="class: actual_consensus_box_numbers"]1.7 M barrels[/TD]
[TD="class: actual_consensus_box_numbers"] -1.6 M barrels [/TD]

[TD="class: actual_consensus_box_numbers"]2.6 M barrels[/TD]
[TD="class: actual_consensus_box_numbers"] -1.1 M barrels
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Economic Calendar - Bloomberg
 
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As is evident from the chart, crude oil stocks can fluctuate dramatically over the year. When oil prices nearly reached $50 per barrel in August 2004, financial market players began to monitor crude oil inventories. It is not surprising to see sharp price hikes in crude oil when inventories are falling. Conversely, one would expect price declines when inventories are rising.
Data Source: Haver Analytics
Economic Calendar - Bloomberg
 
Big Oil lowers quality, hopes public will blame ethanol:

Ron Lamberty, senior vice president of the American Coalition for Ethanol, is warning consumers that recent changes in fuel supplied to the Midwest by oil companies will reduce the quality of gasoline available in many states.

“If people notice that their gas doesn’t seem as good as it used to be, it’s because the gas isn’t as good as it used to be.” Lamberty says. “The ethanol is exactly the same as it was last week, last month, or last year – but on Sept. 16, the octane of gasoline just got much lower, however consumers will pay the same as before.”

“Most of the Midwest is served by the Magellan pipeline system, and oil companies that use that system recently decided to supply 84-octane gas as their ‘base’ gasoline instead of the 87 octane that has been the standard for as long as most of us remember. 84-octane gas can’t even be used in vehicles without adding high-octane ethanol or some very expensive premium gasoline to the low-octane fuel.” said Lamberty. “The oil industry is claiming that these changes were necessary because of the renewable fuel standard (RFS), but there is absolutely nothing in the RFS that compels oil companies to reduce the quality of the fuel by lowering the octane. Oil companies are switching to 84-octane because it increases their profits and gives them complete control of ethanol and RINs. Oil refineries save a lot of money and get more gallons of 84-octane from a barrel than they get making 87-octane, and yet prices haven’t dropped in other U.S. markets where the change has already been made. Consumers won’t pay lower prices for these lower-octane fuels, the oil companies will just make more money.”

“The news gets even worse for consumers. This change also means gas station owners will no longer be able to buy 84-octane gasoline and save money by buying ethanol and blending it themselves. Now, oil companies have complete control over how and when ethanol is blended. As a result, gas stations will have to pay whatever the oil company wants to charge for the pre-blended E10 or pay the oil company a much higher price for the sub-octane gasoline, putting any savings from lower-priced ethanol in the pockets of Big Oil,” explained Lamberty. “The only way consumers can share in the lower price of ethanol is by buying E85 or E15, and Big Oil is doing everything they can to make sure consumers aren’t even offered that choice.”

“This change should open some eyes to the fact that the fight against E15 and the RFS is all about control of the fuel supply, and not about Big Oil’s concern for consumers. If they were concerned about drivers, they wouldn’t continue to reduce fuel quality,” says Lamberty. “The ethanol industry wants motorists to have more choices at the pump, and the RFS was enacted so American consumers could have those options, not just choices between different oil companies. Big Oil wants consumers to have fewer choices, and they want to control all the choices. There’s only one reason for that, and it isn’t concern for motorists, it’s huge profits.”
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Non biased of course. Until I see 84 octane on the pumps I won't believe this. I will go mid grade if they contaminate our gasoline with more ethanol, E15. As it ages E10 will lose octane rather quickly if not using a stabilizer, I use stabilizer in all gas I have for mowers, weedeaters, blowers etc.
 
nnuut said:
Down again, don't fall in love with the downside.
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Why not?...My glass is half full...if this economic recovery is ever going to work..fuel prices for one thing are gonna have to stabilize and remain at a reasonable level....
 
Looks like inventories are UP!:cheesy:

EIA Petroleum Status Report
Economic Calendar - Bloomberg
[TABLE="class: actual_consensus_box"]
[TR="class: actual_consensus_toprow"]
[TD]		PriorActual
Crude oil inventories (weekly change)
Gasoline (weekly change)
Distillates (weekly change)

[TD="class: econo-releaseinfo"] Released On 9/25/2013 10:30:00 AM For wk9/20, 2013 [/TD]

[TD="class: actual_consensus_box_numbers"]-4.4 M barrels[/TD]
[TD="class: actual_consensus_box_numbers"] 2.6 M barrels [/TD]

[TD="class: actual_consensus_box_numbers"]-1.6 M barrels[/TD]
[TD="class: actual_consensus_box_numbers"] 0.2 M barrels [/TD]

[TD="class: actual_consensus_box_numbers"]-1.1 M barrels[/TD]
[TD="class: actual_consensus_box_numbers"] -0.2 M barrels [/TD]
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I guess the greedy bastards were worried that gas was getting too close to being under $3.00/gal...Now back up to $3.03
 
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