Flashback to 2009: Administration Policies Sought to Discourage ‘Overproduction’ of Oil

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  March 18th at 08:30 AM  | 

In May 2009, four months into the Obama presidency, retail gasoline prices averaged $2.32 per gallon. Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA) wrote Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner to express concern about the impact that the Administration’s budgeted changes in tax policy would have on the oil and gas industry. Secretary Geithner clearly laid out the Administration position in his letter of response (pdf link). That was then, | Read More »

Gas Reaches Record High as Gas Hits Record Low

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  January 4th at 06:00 PM  | 

On an annual basis, retail gasoline prices hit an all-time high in 2011. The average price for all grades was $3.576 per gallon, vs $3.299 in 2008. Meanwhile, the shale gas revolution has set the stage for declining prices per mmbtu of natural gas.

‘Why does my gas cost $4.00 per gallon?’

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  May 3rd at 05:30 PM  | 

Everybody is asking that question these days. The average nationwide price for all grades this week is $3.96/gallon; Californians are paying on average $4.26, the highest in the nation. Why does it cost so much, especially considering that the price was below $2.00/gallon just within the last couple of years? Nearly seventy percent of the price of a gallon of retail gasoline is the price | Read More »

Blast from the Past: ‘Remember $4.00 Gas? Just Wait.’ (Dec ’09)

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  April 29th at 12:00 PM  | 

From Vladimir’s diary, dated December 18, 2009: Remember $4.00 per Gallon Gasoline? Just Wait. Well, here we are, less than 18 months later. A little context: Gasoline prices (national average, all grades) peaked over $4.00 per gallon for a couple of months in the summer of 2008. Prices bottomed in December 2008 at $1.66. By December 2009, at the time of the writing of the | Read More »