Category: Refined Fuels

When BOLs go missing, so does your profit. Watch how DTN BOL Recon solves that problem.

The terms single-earner income and financial stability sound mutually exclusive for many people today. It has become increasingly difficult for a single person to pay their bills and save for the future at the same time.

One month after falling into negative territory, the prompt month West Texas Intermediate futures contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange has rallied through several resistance levels to a nine-week high, while the RBOB gasoline futures contract spiked 181% from a first quarter low plumbed as the country moved into lockdown.

Trucking is the business lifeline of America. This enormous country of ours depends on moving goods from factories to shops, from producers to consumers, and from shipping to lading. Ships and trains can only go so far, which means that all industries need trucking fleets to remain profitable.

We are watching a fundamental re-structuring of the energy economy in real-time. What will it look like on the other side?

While “Phase One” of the trade deal was already problematic, tensions over the coronavirus threaten to scuttle it altogether.

Despite the gradual reopening of restrictions on mobility, a recovery for air travel is a long way off. And will crowded planes & airports ever be normal again?

While still well below year-ago and pre-COVID-19 quarantine levels, vehicle transportation activity is trending higher. With more individual cars on the road, gasoline demand will start to recover.

IMO 2020 provides projected changes in product prices, gives insight into what refiners can do to change their configuration, and discusses the available shipper options.

Read our case study to better understand thermal expansion and its impact on your fuel prices.