Have you ever experienced engine problems on cold winter days? Diesel-powered engines endure harsh weather conditions during these winter months. Issues such as icing and gelling of fuel can disrupt your operations. How can you protect your fuel from these common cold-weather problems? 

Refined products trade higher today as cold weather is forecasted to return, Nigerian oil workers strike, concerns linger about the Forties pipeline force majeure, and the U.S. oil rig count dropped.

November is shaping up to be a cold month. Today was the coldest we’ve seen thus far this winter, and it looks like a second punch of brisk cold and potentially stormy weather will hit just prior to the Thanksgiving holiday. AccuWeather reports that a displacement of the polar vortex is possible in the Northeast […]

Initially lower, oil prices are now up on the day as traders look to square positions heading into the weekend after the down day yesterday. The market was lower at first light with news that Iraqi security forces took back a key oil region held by the Kurds, but was squeezed higher as the morning […]

The oil market has found a bid today on the heels of strong Chinese oil import demand, continued strife in Iraq, and international traders covering shorts after yesterday’s DOE report.

It is profit-taking Friday as front-month WTI crude decisively breaks below $50/bbl despite Tropical Storm Nate shutting down Gulf of Mexico oil production as it eyes the U.S. coastline.

Ministers from both OPEC and non-OPEC producers left Vienna today with no new policy recommendations. The market was unenthused by the result as we trade sideways. Now, the attention turns to the refining situation which has led to distillate supply tightness and North Korea’s alarming hydrogen bomb threat.

The battle of the bulls and the bears ensues as we try to determine if the right price for WTI is above or below $50/barrel. All the while we’re watching the latest storm to be named today off the western coast of Africa.

Oil traded lower today as traders braced for a weakening in demand next week after Irma’s projected path through the southeast will drastically reduce economic activity.

I think we’ve all heard enough about Harvey for the moment, so let’s put into perspective what the next two weeks may hold.