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How crude-oil prices influence gasoline prices

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The Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that in the United States from 2008 to 2017, crude oil represented only 61% of the retail price of gasoline. Refining costs and profits represented 12%, distribution and marketing costs 12%, and federal and state taxes 15%.

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Opinion: Everyone Is Guessing When It Comes To Oil Prices

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Predicting and diagnosing the trajectory of oil prices has become something of a cottage industry in the past year. But along with all of the excess crude flowing from the oil patch, there is also an abundance of market indicators that while important, tend to produce a lot of noise that makes any accurate estimate nearly impossible.

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Bloomberg Intelligence: US border tax could boost gasoline prices average $0.30/gallon

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If the proposed broad 20% border-adjustment tax were implemented and applied to the energy sector, the result would likely lead to a large increase in gasoline prices and a big premium in domestic oil prices vs. international, according to new analysis by Bloomberg Intelligence. Pump prices could rise an average $0.30

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ICCT suggests minor changes to Fed tax policy to cut higher investment risk of 2nd-gen biofuels and advance the industry

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Minor changes to an existing Federal tax incentive for second-generation biofuels (i.e., Minor changes to an existing Federal tax incentive for second-generation biofuels (i.e., In addition, the industry faces barriers from the impending “blend wall” of 10% ethanol in gasoline and uncertainty regarding policies and oil prices.

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Opinion: This Is What Needs To Happen For Oil Prices To Stabilize

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Taxes don't go away and then there's debt. And markets won’t wait to adjust pricing until we hit a balance. There will be some foreshadowing in oil prices here. Each of the 3 stages needed to move to a sustainable price have to be given time to play out. Health insurance is going up. It just requires some patience.

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Purdue analysis finds H2Bioil biofuel could be cost-competitive when crude is between $99–$116/barrel

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Three different carbon tax scenarios are analyzed: no carbon tax, $55/metric ton carbon tax and $110/metric ton carbon tax. This break-even crude oil price compares favorably with the literature estimated prices of fuels from alternate biochemical and thermochemical routes. —Singh et al.

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US average retail gasoline prices ended 2017 lower than they started

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In 5 of the 10 cities for which EIA collects weekly retail price data, gasoline prices exceeded $3.00/gal Rising crude oil prices and high levels of gasoline demand contributed to rising gasoline prices from January through May. Gulf Coast retail gasoline prices tend to be the lowest in the country.

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