- Retail regular gasoline prices rose by 6.7c in the last four weeks to $3.813/Gal. About 50% of the change was due to the price of crude oil, while the remainder was the refinery margin
- Scroll down for a chart of the RBOB-WTI crack spread, a measure of refinery margin. It shows elevated cracks this year
- Total motor gasoline inventories fell by 0.3 MMBbl for the week ending August 11 and are about 6% below the five-year average for this time of year
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- Retail diesel prices rose by 46.8c in the last four weeks to $4.475/Gal. About 47% of the change was due to the price of crude oil, while the remainder was the refinery margin
- Scroll down for a chart of the NY Harbor ULSD-WTI crack spread, a measure of refinery margin. It shows elevated cracks this year
- Distillate fuel inventories rose by 0.3 MMBbl for the week ending August 11 and are about 16% below the five-year average for this time of year
- Marathon Garyville refinery runs at reduced rates after Friday's fire
- NY Harbor ULSD futures surged to a seven-month high on Friday after Marathon shut the third-largest refinery in the US following a fire
- Marathon said on Monday that its Garyville refinery (0.596 MMBbl/d) is running at reduced rates, with plans underway to resume normal operations
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