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After fuel prices across the Northwest shot up, in some cases nearly a dollar in less than a month, there is a little relief to report this week.  West Texas Crude hasn’t changed that much, trading Monday slightly lower around $85 per barrel.  So, why did w...

Fuel prices have done something this week we haven’t seen since early June; they moved higher.  According to GasBuddy, the national average for a gallon of gasoline inched up over three cents per gallon.  This comes as West Texas Crude traded in the mid $70 per barrel range Monday.   So, why the disc...

Oil prices continue the slow drop we’ve seen throughout much of the summer, with prices for West Texas Crude trading around $90 per barrel in Monday’s action.  Patrick DeHaan with Gas Buddy said prices continue to drop because investors have so many unanswered questions when it comes to the health of economies across the globe.   “Right now, ...

Oregon senator Ron Wyden is speaking out against “Big Oil.”  He said he’s angry about “war profiteering”. “Big oil is charging far more for the same gallon of gas than they were doing, for example, in other times when we had big economic challenges.” Wyden went on to add the major oil ...

Just in case you hadn’t noticed, fuel prices have jumped considerably over the past couple of weeks, with gasoline prices and diesel prices moving anywhere from 15-25 cents across the Pacific Northwest over the past week alone. That due in part to oil prices, where are near three-month highs, hovering around $120 per barrel. ...

After weeks of volatile oil prices, there has been some stability on the international scene. However, refined products here in the U.S. have continued that roller-coaster movement, with gasoline and diesel prices moving higher over the past week ...

Patrick DeHaan with Gas Buddy said it’s been a volatile month, thanks to a host of international issues. He noted that oil prices had dropped to around $93 per barrel last week, only to rocket up to $108 in Monday’s trade. DeHaan noted while oil prices are moving higher, gasoline and diesel prices continue to decrease. He said i ...

After a storm of surging prices followed by a week of decline, the national average is virtually unchanged from a week ago, declining just tenths of a penny to $4.23 per gallon. The national average is up 62.4 cents from a month ago and $1 ...

More and more experts are predicting that Russia will invade Ukraine, any day. And because of that ongoing tension, oil prices remain high; in fact in Monday’s trade, West Texas crude increased roughly 3% to $93.86 a barrel. Douglas Lute, the former U.S. Am ...

Oil prices climbed roughly 2% in Monday’s action to the highest prices we’ve seen in roughly seven years. West Texas crude closed Monday’s trade at $95.46 a barrel, after hitting $95.82, the highest oil price since September 2014. This latest inc ...