Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Gasoline Prices Skid as Diesel Burns

Booming diesel-fuel use in Europe and Latin America is paying off for U.S. drivers, as gasoline prices fall to a nine-month low.

October supplies of gasoline are at a three-year high for that month, but refiners are still running at high speed because they are earning fat profits exporting diesel, which is made using the same process that converts oil to gasoline.

U.S. refiners are supplying diesel to rebounding European economies where it is the main fuel used by cars and trucks. South America is another expanding market where local refiners can't match rising demand. Meanwhile, U.S. drivers' demand for their main fuel, gasoline, is coming off its summer peak.  (more)

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