Price Of Gas

[BaldEagle]

I don't have data about Canada.

2004 weekly prices of gasoline in US Dollars per gallon

(US. Dollars per Gallon)
Date............Belgium ! France ! Germany ! Italy ! Netherlands ! U.K ! U.S.
1/05/2004......4.77.........4.73.........5.05........4.98..........5.59....
....5.17...1.70
1/12/2004......4.78.........4.81.........5.13........5.05..........5.73....
....5.29...1.75
1/19/2004......4.57.........4.69.........5.01........4.92..........5.57....
....5.15...1.79
1/26/2004......4.54.........4.77.........5.08........4.99..........5.65....
....5.24...1.81
2/02/2004......4.53.........4.73.........5.03........4.98..........5.64....
....5.26...1.81
2/09/2004......4.60.........4.82.........5.15........5.10..........5.70....
....5.37...1.83
2/16/2004......4.67.........4.84.........5.18........5.14..........5.73....
....5.47...1.84
2/23/2004......4.74.........4.79.........5.13........5.07..........5.69....
....5.37...1.87
3/01/2004......4.73.........4.78.........5.01........5.05..........5.69....
....5.38...1.90
3/08/2004......4.72.........4.83.........5.14........5.09..........5.73....
....5.40...1.93
3/15/2004......4.73.........4.78.........5.08........5.02..........5.64....
....5.27...1.91
3/22/2004......4.71.........4.84.........5.19........5.08..........5.69....
....5.40...1.93
3/29/2004......4.62.........4.79.........5.11........5.01..........5.64....
....5.34...1.94
4/05/2004......4.71.........4.73.........5.19........4.97..........5.58....
....5.34...1.96
4/12/2004......4.73.........4.75.........5.21........5.01..........5.61....
....5.43...1.97
4/19/2004......4.79.........4.78.........5.17........5.00..........5.58....
....5.33...1.99
4/26/2004......4.75.........4.76.........5.05........4.97..........5.65....
....5.31...1.99
5/03/2004......4.87.........4.85.........5.38........5.03..........5.75....
....5.31...2.02
5/10/2004......4.87.........4.92.........5.28........5.06..........5.83....
....5.40...2.11
5/17/2004......5.02.........5.05.........5.38........5.18..........5.97....
....5.46...2.19
5/24/2004......
5/31/2004......

 

[RDM]

Stealty one,

Took my jerries can offshore today, hooked them to the faucet on the big platform offshore and snuck it back onboard, never even filled out and Dangerous goods paperwork.

Will drop a can off to ya when I get back from the Norkie Land........see ya in 10 days :blink: :blink:

If I am still sane :blink:

 

[skullcap]

Baldeagle;

Is that us dollars per us gallon or Imperial gallon?

sc

 

[BaldEagle]

Baldeagle;
Is that us dollars per us gallon or Imperial gallon?
sc

Now you got me with that one.
I can only guess that a US Government website (EIA - Energy Information Administration) is probably using US gallons, but I couldn't find any specific reference to that detail. That's why I am a fan of the metric system

I will keep trying to let you know.

 

[Bohica]

The US and the UK would appear to be the only oil producers in the lot. Since for the rest it costs roughly the same to pump the stuff outta the ground, I'd love to know what percentage of those prices are taxes. :blink:

 

[BaldEagle]

Since for the rest it costs roughly the same to pump the stuff outta the ground, :blink:

Bohica

Nothing could be less accurate. Production cost vary wildly. Somewhere from 3/4 dollar per barrel in Saudi Arabia to $18 dollars in the off shore North Sea wells and you can find just everything in between.

Also, the stuff you get from the ground is completely different from well to well.
"Light" crude (with bigger percentage of gasoline and aromatics) command highter prices then heavy crude. The oil industry classifies "crude" by the location of its origin (e.g., "western Texas" or "Brent" - North Sea) and often by its relative weight or viscosity ("light", "intermediate" or "heavy"); drillers may also refer to it as "sweet", which means it contains relatively little sulfur (in the form of the gas H2S) and requires less refining, or as "sour", which means it contains substantial acid gases and requires more refining. The presence of H2S also adds considerably to the extraction costs of crude, as one cannot simply emit this highly toxic gas into the atmosphere. Usually refiners either process it into elemental sulhur and then dispose of it, or reinject it into a depleted gas reservoir.

So, it goes from the Light Arabian sweet crude near a sea port on the bottom to the Off shore oil platforms on the top and everything in between, as the Canadian Tar Sands for example.

Initial investments in oil prospection, exploration and field devlopment, drilling vary wildly. Geography also plays a role in costs. Transportation costs to markets through pipelines or other means also represent huge costs. So the "revenue" per barrel of crude is also completely different depending on quality, location, operation costs and the inicial investment from prospection, discovery to start up all included.

It goes from a new well in a already know oil field on land close to a port to the Hibernia project that just the platform costed alone 12.5 billion.

I'd love to know what percentage of those prices are taxes.

One of my posts above has already that info.
Tax structures are not uniform. To discourage waste, some products are heavily taxed other products to make them more attractive and competitive are taxed at lower levels and others are subsidized.
Diesel, Diesel for agricultural purposes, fishing and aviation are among the exceptions.

Gasoline for normal use in Europe has roughly up to 75% of taxes.

 

[Spinner]

Hey hey ho ho its off to protest I go:

I see an email floating around telling everyone in cyber land to get out
on may 19th and not buy any gas.

They say it will cost the gas companies a gazzillion dollars in profits and leave
them weeping in their jerry cans.

I'm thinking that the demand will be so high the next day that they will crank their
prices up you know.

BTW gas in southern NB around 95 to 98 cents. Most expensive is the gas station
across from the irving refinery of course.

 

[MagSeal]

i found a cheap way to get gas, but it's a multi step process.

First...'borrow' your co-workers or neighbours licence plate...drive to the nearest self serve station, fill up and drive away...fast.

works every time.

 

[MagSeal]

http://feeds.msn.com/content/ca/framesite/...524_81272_81272

 

[graunch1]

I kinda prefer the "California Credit card" . Five Feet of rubber hose and a Jerri Can 😛
Of course that was during my mispent youth on the BC coast. B)

 

[BaldEagle]

Baldeagle;
Is that us dollars per us gallon or Imperial gallon?
sc

skullcap

I couldn't find anything in the site but I confirmed that the prices are per US gallon by using other sources.

This week (May 17) US Dollars per US gallons in the US is $2.19 - I will update the table as soon as I get the rest of the info.

Cheaper then mineral water and they complain about it !!! :angry:

Gasoline jumps above $2 a gallon


spinner

I'm thinking that the demand will be so high the next day that they will crank their prices up you know.

right on.
That post is just yet another "chain letter" to rise Internet trafic. Rule #1 of good navigating behaviour in cyberspace is NEVER to answer or cooperate with chain letters.

Good News

Well good news is that the LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) in Toronto has reached 38.9 cents ! Less then half price of the gasoline in the very same pump station
You can put your SUV running for half price with the loss of about 10 to 15% of your excess horse power :huh:
Any ideas 🙄

 

[shaggy]

'scuse my ignorance but how much work does a vehicle need to be able to run LNG?

 

[MagSeal]

Likely thousands of dollars to do the conversion, and it would take quite awhile to get you're money back.

But lets wait for Baldy to find a website and/or news article to refute the claim that it would be a costly conversion.

 

[BaldEagle]

'scuse my ignorance but how much work does a vehicle need to be able to run LNG?

In Europe where a lot of people run on LNG there are "Kits" available.

The whole transformation in Europe, manpower costs included can go from CAN$ 1,500 to CAN$ 2,000 for the best ones completely installed and tested. In Canada the Kit must be cheaper but the manpower more expensive so the price might be the same.

A transformed car can run gasoline and LNG because one thing doesn't prevent the other and all the initial equipment stays in the car.
It is also a good form of using LNG to always start the car and warm it up on gasoline and then even running swith to LNG. (to have the gasoline pump and system in good order). You can't even feal the change when it occurs. (A small two side button in a special box that is inserted somewhere in the car's panel).

The "Kit" has:

- a high pressure "reservoir" with electronic controls and gauges.
- A complex system that is installed bettween the engine and the gasoline carburator.
- A control command box inside the car.
- Pipes connection the "reservoir" to the carburator and to (near) the gas tank intake.
- A few command cables connecting everything.

You can fill up the car with gasoline and LNG just in case and choose what to use.

Since LNG cost half of the gasoline it depends on how many Kms you drive per year. Just see the gas cost of a year and your savings will be half of that number.
LOTS of Toronto cabs are running on LNG.

The conversion will make you loose about 10% of the horse power of the engine while running on LNG.
Its the cleanest, less polutting and cheaper way to drive a car.

No - I don't sell none of those things 😀 😀 😀

But lets wait for Baldy to find a website and/or news article to refute the claim that it would be a costly conversion.

I NEVER had a car in my life running on Gas. It was either Diesel or LNG (I am a very cost conscious person). Does this tell you something.

 

[MagSeal]

well, that explains everything then....

By the way, how much Natural gas is out there?