Gasoline Industry

LOS ANGELES -- Average U.S. gas prices fell more than eight cents over the past two weeks as a supply crunch eased in California, according to a nationwide report out Sunday. The latest Lundberg Survey puts the average price of a gallon of regular...

Q: Are you sure the new toll lanes being put on Interstate 95 between the Golden Glades interchange and Broward Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale are legal? It seems to me it is illegal to charge money on an interstate highway. Charlie Keehner, Coconut Creek...

Ballooning gasoline prices and high food costs propelled wholesale prices in September to their fourth straight increase, according to the Labor Department. The producer price index for finished goods was up a seasonally adjusted 1.1% last month after...

SAN DIEGO -- A six-day streak of increases that pushed the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County to a record high ended Tuesday with a decrease of three-tenths of a cent to $4.722. The average price rose 54.7...

SAN DIEGO-  Gov. Jerry Brown Sunday ordered California smog regulators to allow winter-blend gasoline to be sold in California this month, a move intended to reverse a sudden scare in the wholesale gasoline market that saw prices shoot up nearly 50...

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) is calling for a federal investigation to determine whether “an illegal short squeeze” is responsible for the soaring price of gasoline in California, which hit another record high Monday. With a regular...

SAN DIEGO - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County rose to a record $4.725 Monday, increasing 56 cents from a week ago. The average price has risen throughout the past few days, including a record 19.5 cents on...

Drivers on either coast may be questioning the conventional wisdom that gas prices fall after Labor Day. Motorists in California paid an average of $4.232 per gallon Wednesday. That's 45 cents higher than the national average and exceeded only by...

State lawmakers are exploring the idea of building a gasoline storage facility in Alaska, as a way to bring down fuel prices. The idea came up during a Senate hearing in Anchorage, Wednesday, during which lawmakers tried to determine why gas prices are...

Prices at the pump continue to go down as we head into October. The national average for a gallon of regular unleaded now stands at $3.78, according to AAA. That's down three cents from a week ago. Virginia is also seeing a decrease. The statewide...

The use of ethanol in gasoline has a long and sordid history ("Food or fuel?" Aug. 3). By the early 1990s, EPA regulations had reduced tailpipe emissions from new cars by over 95 percent of 970s levels, and only about 3 percent of the hydrocarbons in...

Eyeing the Royal Farms sign advertising a gallon of premium gas for $3.99, Taryn Gross-Ojekwe's jaw fell open. "When it is going to cease?" she said of the price, which has climbed steadily over the past few weeks. "Just within the last few days, it...