Rack gasoline and refining margins - wanted: a summer romance

Journal Article · Wed Apr 13 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · Energy Detente; (United States)

OSTI ID:7167176

For the first time since late 1987, apparent refining margins on the US benchmark crude oil (based on spot purchase prices) are virtually zero. This felicitous bit of news comes loaded with possibilities of positive (maybe even good.) margins in coming months, if the differential between crude buying prices and the value of the refined barrel continues to improve. What refiners in the US market are watching most closely right now are motorists. This issue also contains the following: (1) ED refining netback data for the US Gulf and Western Coasts, Rotterdam, and Singapore, prices for early April 1988; and (2) ED fuel price/tax series for countries of the Western Hemisphere, April 1988 edition. 5 figures, 5 tables.

• OSTI ID: 7167176
• Journal Information: Energy Detente; (United States), Vol. 9:5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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