The oil market is turning its attention back to the United States as more of its rigs return to work after a surge to $50 a barrel, raising concern that a production rebound may stifle crude’s recovery.
June 6, 2016Business, Fuel
Eyes Are on Drilling Rigs as Oil Flirts With $50 a Barrel
Business, Fuel
Residents Return to Canadian Oil-Sands Town Devastated by Wildfires
Residents are returning home to Fort McMurray, the Alberta, Canada, oil-sands town devastated by wildfires last month. Many are counting on rebuilding efforts to give their trucking businesses a boost following a nearly two-year-long recession caused by the oil industry downturn.
June 2, 2016Business, Fuel
OPEC Decides Not to Set Cap on Oil Output
OPEC will stick to its policy of unfettered oil production after members failed to agree on a new output ceiling.
June 2, 2016Business, Fuel
Diesel Climbs 2.5¢ to $2.382
The U.S. retail diesel average price jumped up 2.5 cents to $2.382, the Department of Energy said, increasing for the 14th time in 15 weeks.
May 31, 2016Business, Fuel
OPEC Said to Work on Oil Deal to Restore Unity
OPEC is making a last-ditch effort to rescue an organization many dubbed dead only weeks ago by working on a deal to restore unity among some of the world’s largest oil exporters as ministers gathered in Vienna.
May 31, 2016Business, Fuel
Diesel Average Rises 6¢ to $2.357
As crude oil prices continued to advance, the U.S. retail average price of diesel and gasoline rose with it, both jumping about 6 cents per gallon.
May 30, 2016Government, Business, Safety, Fuel, Logistics
Forward Air CFO Rodney Bell to Retire, XPO’s Michael Morris to Take Post
Forward Air Corp. announced that Chief Financial Officer Rodney Bell will retire on June 27 and that Michael Morris, an XPO Logistics executive, will replace Bell in the post.
May 29, 2016Business, Fuel
Oil Eases Gains After Exceeding $50 for First Time This Year
Crude prices in New York and London briefly breached the long-anticipated $50-a-barrel barrier May 26, with West Texas Intermediate touching as high as $50.21 before paring gains and closing at $49.48 on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
May 26, 2016Business, Fuel
EPA Proposes Increase in Biodiesel for 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency wants U.S. fuel distributors to move 2.1 billion gallons of biodiesel in 2018 as part of the continuing increase in the nation’s renewable fuel standard, the agency said.
May 24, 2016Government, Fuel, Business
Minnesota Becomes Seventh State to Fail to Pass Fuel-Tax Hike
Minnesota became the seventh state to fail to pass a fuel-tax increase this year as its legislative session ended at midnight May 22 with no agreement on a long-awaited major transportation funding package despite the state’s $900 million budget surplus.
May 23, 2016