Fuel for America's transport needs

When groups such as OPEC try to predict the future demand for oil and petroleum products, one of the significant factors in that analysis ...

OGPSS - Venezuela, heavy crudes, API gravity and refinery gains

Because the world market is increasingly having to accommodate crudes that are heavier and less easy to refine into desirable, profitable pr...

This week's TWIP and record world demand for oil

Te EIA released their “ This Week in Petroleum ” today, with an article on American demand over the past year plotted by month. I had not s...

OGPSS - Some limits to oil fungibility

This is the second in a series I am just starting on oil production and consumption around the world. While it is going to focus more on i...

More on refining

Last week I pointed out that the crude oil that comes out of the ground is not made up of a single hydrocarbon, but rather is a mix of diffe...

Some new vehicle travel numbers

As I sit waiting for “ This Week in Petroleum ” to update I wandered over to the Federal Highway Administration to see if the latest Traffic...