Category: gasoline

California Counties Record Largest Gas Price Increase Since February

Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego Counties recorded Nov. 11 their largest daily increases in the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline since February. On Thursday, Los Angeles County’s regular unleaded gas price rose 2.6 cents to $4.624. LA County’s all-time high is $4.705 per gallon, set on Oct. 9, 2012, according to the American…


San Diego County Gas Price Records Largest Increase Since February

SAN DIEGO—The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County recorded Nov. 11 its largest daily increase since February, rising 2.4 cents to $4.577, its highest amount since Oct. 17, 2012. San Diego County’s record gas price is $4.725 set on Oct. 8, 2012. Crude oil costs account for slightly…


Oil Rises on Higher Demand Forecasts, Tight Supplies

NEW YORK—Oil prices rose to a two-week high on Tuesday after the United States lifted travel restrictions and other signs of a global post-pandemic recovery boosted the demand outlook, while supply remained tight. Prices rallied after the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) in its Short Term Energy Outlook (STEO) on Tuesday projected retail gasoline prices…


US Gasoline Prices Rise to Fresh 7-Year High

Prices of regular gasoline in the United States have risen to a new seven-year high, though a slight dip in domestic demand meant that the recent rise was the smallest increase in a month. For the week of Nov. 1, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline rose to a seven-year high of…


US Gasoline Prices Vault to New 7-Year High

U.S. gasoline prices have notched yet another rise, with the national average hitting a fresh seven-year high. As of Oct. 27, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline rose to $3.394 from the prior day’s $3.389 and up from the month ago average of $3.189, according to AAA. “With the U.S. economy slowly recovering…


‘Cyber Attack’ Allegedly Shut Down Gasoline Access Across Iran: Report

Gas stations across Iran were allegedly targeted by a massive cyberattack on Tuesday, according to reports. The incident resulted in widespread disruptions in gasoline sales and many motorists being stuck in long lines at closed stations. The “attack” has only interfered with smart card sales, a system that is widely used in the country and…


Large Fire in Major Oil Refinery in Kuwait

A fire erupted on Monday at a major oil refinery in Kuwait, the state-owned oil company said, reporting that some workers suffered from smoke inhalation and other light injuries. The blaze at the key Mina al-Ahmadi oil refinery along Kuwait’s Persian Gulf coastline north of its border with Saudi Arabia did not affect the electrical…


Huge Fire Extinguished at Oil Facility in Southern Lebanon

ZAHRANI, Lebanon—Firefighters extinguished a huge blaze that broke out in a storage tank at one of Lebanon’s main oil facilities in the country’s south Monday. The fire sent orange flames and a thick black column of smoke into the sky. Energy Minister Walid Fayad said the fire broke out when workers were transferring gasoline from…


US Energy Secretary Says Tapping Emergency Oil Reserves a Possible ‘Tool’ to Tame Fuel Prices

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Wednesday said that the Biden administration is considering tapping the country’s emergency oil reserves to tame soaring gasoline prices, according to a Financial Times (FT) report. “It’s a tool that’s under consideration,” Granholm said at an FT energy transition summit when asked the possibility of the United States tapping into…


Coppertone Issues Nationwide Voluntary Recall of Select Sunscreens After Identifying Presence of Benzene

Coppertone has issued a nationwide voluntary recall of specific lots of its aerosol sunscreen spray after identifying they contain benzene, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Sept. 30. Benzene, a chemical that appears as a colorless or light yellow liquid, causes cells not to work properly and attack the immune system. It can lead to anemia in humans,…