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Oil Check: How Is Gasoline Made? A General Overview

Motus on October 10, 2024

You know gasoline. It’s that pale brown or pink fluid used to fuel vehicles with internal combustion engines. Vehicles like cars, trucks, jets and ATVs. It also fuels lawnmowers, generators,…

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Oil Check: Factors Impacting Present Gas Prices and Possible Future Outcomes

Motus on October 13, 2023

Gas prices have always been a hot discussion topic, especially as the costs continue to climb. For many, gas prices are just another point of frustration in a long list…

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Oil Check: How Gas Prices Are Determined

Ken Robinson on February 2, 2023

Elevated gas prices have been top of mind for drivers across the country. While prices haven’t reached the heights of 2022, 2023 is nowhere near the extreme lows of 2020….

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Oil Check: The War in Ukraine and Skyrocketing Fuel Prices

Ken Robinson on March 11, 2022

The price of gas has risen significantly in the past week. The national average is over $4, and it doesn’t show signs of slowing down. So what caused this jump…

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Oil Check: Production Caps and Misfortune Create Upward Price Pressure

Ken Robinson on March 16, 2021

Whether you were lucky enough to experience gas at less than $2 last year or not, those prices are long gone. If you’ve followed any of our previous oil checks,…

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Oil Check: Oil Prices Crash as OPEC+ Floods Oversupplied Oil Market

Motus on March 11, 2020

Why is OPEC + continuing production through oil prices crash? The first industries to be visibly affected by the spreading COVID-19 appeared to be travel and tourism. Then other industries…

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Oil Check: Drilling Into Crude Oil

Motus on February 19, 2020

What is Crude Oil and Where is it Found? When we release an oil check, it’s usually a response to a potentially market disrupting event. Natural disaster or armed conflict,…

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Oil Check: OPEC+ Production Cuts and Declining Demand

Motus on July 24, 2019

What Happened to OPEC+ Production Cuts Raising Gas Prices? Checking back in on oil, you may have noticed a few things. The price of gasoline has been climbing, but not…

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Oil Check: Iranian Oil and Potential Middle East Conflict

Motus on May 21, 2019

Iranian Oil Production Projected to Plummet as Middle East Tensions Rise The days of under three dollar gas may soon be gone. In a previous Oil Check, we mentioned the…

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