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U.S. Drivers Will Enjoy Cheapest Labor Day Gasoline In 12 Years
Tuesday, August 30, 2016 - 3:42pm | 402Drivers will be enjoying the cheapest gas this Labor Day weekend than they have in 12 years. According to a new report by GasBuddy, motorists have saved $18.9 billion at the pump this summer compared to last summer. Gas prices have been ticking higher in recent weeks, but they will still fall well...
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Let's Hit The Road: Low Gas Prices Mean More Road Trips For Americans
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 2:10pm | 242Lower gas prices are prompting Americans to indulge in more road trips this year versus last year, according to a study by GasBuddy. The study showed that over 75 percent of respondents said "they would be traveling this summer, a 2.2 percent increase from last year, with an overwhelming majority (...
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Holiday Gasoline Prices Lowest Since 2008
Wednesday, December 23, 2015 - 8:32am | 550"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...in 2008!" said Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst at GasBuddy, a community-based gas price comparison service. Referring to GasBuddy's projection that consumers will rack up close to $1.6 billion in savings this year as...
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Happy 'Tanksgiving'! Lowest Gas Prices Since 2009 To Come This Week
Monday, November 23, 2015 - 2:37pm | 403Gas prices are expected to dip below $2 per gallon on average in time for Thanksgiving. Currently, the national average per gallon of gas is $2.072, but nearly 60 percent of all U.S. gas stations are selling gas for less than $2 per gallon. Patrick DeHaan, GasBuddy's senior petroleum analyst,...
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GasBuddy: Motorists To Save $1.4 Billion This Labor Day Weekend
Wednesday, September 2, 2015 - 3:47pm | 306GasBuddy analysts Patrick DeHaan, Gregg Laskoski, Jeff Pelton and Will Speer looked into gas prices in the US and concluded that motorists will save $1.4 billion over the four-day Labor Day weekend, as prices at the pump stand at their lowest in more than a decade. DeHaan noted that the $0.18...
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Great Lakes Region Hit With Temporary Gas Price Hike
Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - 5:08pm | 583Over the past weekend, the BP plc (ADR) (NYSE: BP) refinery in Whiting, Indiana suffered a malfunction in a 240,000 barrel per day crude distillation unit (CDU). The malfunction caused the company to shut the unit down for the next seven to 12 days. Great Lakes Area Impacted At a time of...
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Cheap Gas Will Bring Many Americans To National & State Parks Over 4th Of July Weekend
Thursday, July 2, 2015 - 8:04am | 752For large numbers of Americans the Independence Day weekend is an opportunity to take a mini-vacation. This year, according to community-based gas price comparison app, GasBuddy, more of those mini-vacations will take place in state and national parks. Credit Cheap Gas Thanks to some of the...
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Coming This Summer To A Pump Near You: Cheapest Gasoline Since 2005
Thursday, April 9, 2015 - 12:09pm | 533GasBuddy.com has projected that this summer’s gasoline prices will be the lowest in a decade. Just how low prices will go depends on who is doing the forecasting and perhaps even on what happens with sanctions against Iran. Dueling Forecasts A recent projection from the Energy...
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GasBuddy: It's All In The (Price) Spread
Wednesday, March 11, 2015 - 2:44pm | 613According to community-based gas price comparison service, GasBuddy.com, the national average price of gasoline went up more than 40 cents per gallon over the past 40 days. In California, the average price spiked a dollar per gallon over that same period. Finding Cheaper Gas Even though the...
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GasBuddy: Expect Aggressive Gasoline Price Increases In Weeks Ahead
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 - 12:04pm | 581Every year around this time, gasoline prices go up as refiners transition from "winter blend" to "summer blend." This year, however, according to GasBuddy senior petroleum analyst, Patrick DeHaan, "It's inevitable that retail prices will climb aggressively in weeks...
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GasBuddy: U.S. Motorists Will Save $97 Billion In 2015
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - 4:39pm | 679GasBuddy.com just released its fuel price outlook for 2015 and the news for motorists is nothing short of spectacular. For the year, GasBuddy projects the average price for gasoline in the U.S. will be $2.64. “Toward the end of 2014, the market showed bountiful supply, strong production...
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Gas Price Year In Review: Lowest Levels In 5 Years
Wednesday, December 31, 2014 - 4:07pm | 932The average price of gasoline in the United States on January 1, 2014, was $3.29 per gallon. December 31, 2014, it was $2.24 or more than $1 per gallon less than at the beginning of the year. When gasoline price website, GasBuddy.com, issued its 2014 Fuel Price Outlook, it said the year “...
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WalletHub's 11 (Mostly) Upbeat Economic Predictions For 2015
Wednesday, December 17, 2014 - 3:45pm | 1037For many investors, the most coveted super power – assuming super powers were possible -- would likely be the ability to foretell the future accurately. Personal finance social network, WalletHub, with help from a panel of experts, offered the next best thing with 11 economic predictions...
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GasBuddy: 1 In 4 Holiday Travelers Affected By Lower Gas Prices
Wednesday, December 17, 2014 - 2:05pm | 490Americans are currently saving roughly $250 million per day on gasoline compared to a year ago, according to GasBuddy. Based on a recent GasBuddy survey, those saving have made a difference in travel plans for about 25 percent of respondents. Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst with...
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Gas Prices Continue To Fall, Great Lakes See Biggest Benefit
Monday, December 15, 2014 - 11:37am | 622Only a mountain top cave dweller would have missed the fact that gas prices, in general, have been falling for months. According to GasBuddy.com, the Detroit area has enjoyed what the rest of the country has enjoyed – and then some. Beating The National Average GasBuddy reported...