National Gas Price Average Jumps Four Cents Alongside an Increase in Consumer Demand
January 18, 2018
Tampa, FL – Gas prices jumped four cents on the week landing today’s national average at $2.53. According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), gasoline demand increased 164,000 bbl on the week to register at 8.8 million.
The demand measurement is the highest demand for the first EIA report of January since 2011. The demand increase is a contributing factor to this week’s higher pump prices.
AAA reports Tennessee Gas Prices Point Higher After Hurricane Harvey
August 28, 2017
Clarksville-Montgomery Gas prices remain second cheapest in Tennessee
Nashville, TN – The gasoline market opened with a bang on Sunday night. The price on the NYMEX surged 7 percent in overnight trading, signaling upward momentum that is likely to carryover to prices at the pump.
“Hurricane Harvey hit a major supply line for gasoline in Florida and along the eastern seaboard,” said Mark Jenkins, spokesman, AAA – The Auto Club Group. “Multiple refineries and drilling rigs had to be evacuated ahead of the storm, and the Houston Ship Channel was closed.
Oil prices hit highest close of the year
AAA Forecasts Hurricane Harvey to Impact Gas Prices
August 25, 2017
Washington, D.C. – As it bears down on the Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Harvey has high potential to negatively affect five southern Texas coast refineries and condensate splitter as well as crude and gasoline inventory levels in the region and beyond. The National Weather Service’s (NWS) National Hurricane Center (NHC) expects Harvey to approach the southern Texas coast on Friday.
Additionally, the Government of Mexico has issued a tropical storm watch for the area south of the mouth of the Rio Grande to Boca de Catan.
AAA says that all five refineries in the Corpus Christi area are likely to be shuttered as a precaution because of the incoming storm.
AAA reports Gas Prices reach 50 Day High
August 28, 2016
Tampa, FL – Gas prices are on the rise as Americans prepare for a Labor Day road trip. The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is 14 cents more expensive than last week in Florida, and 9 cents more expensive in Georgia and Tennessee.
Motorists going to the pump will find the highest prices in more than 50 days.
Higher oil prices push gas prices up.
AAA reports Average Gas Prices Holding Steady to Begin August
August 11, 2016
Tampa Bay, FL – The national average price of gas has held relatively steady over the past week and has declined on just one of the past four days.
The national average price for regular unleaded gasoline is $2.12 per gallon, which is the lowest price for this date since 2004 and 26 cents below 2016’s peak price to date of $2.40 on June 11th.
Today’s price is one cent less than one week ago, 12 cents less than one month ago and 48 cents less than the same date last year.
AAA says Pump Prices suddenly spike in the South
June 6, 2016
‘Colin’ could impact gas prices in Florida
Tampa, FL – Motorists in Georgia and Tennessee saw gas prices increase last week, but not by nearly as much as those in Florida. Since last Sunday, state averages rose 1-cent in Georgia, 4 cents in Tennessee, and 10 cents in Florida.
“Minimal increases at the pump were understandable, because of increased holiday demand and delayed reaction to rising crude prices, but the dramatic increases seen in Florida came a surprise,” said Mark Jenkins, spokesman, AAA – The Auto Club Group.
AAA reports August Gas Prices hit 4-Year Low
August 5, 2014
Tampa, FL – Motorists heading to the gas pumps are finding the cheapest August gas prices since 2010. On August 1st, 2010, the national average price was $2.74. Since that time, average prices on August 1 ranged from $3.52 in 2012, to $3.71 in 2011.
The current average of $3.50 is 3 cents cheaper than last week and the discount at the pump should continue in the near future. [Read more]
AAA say U.S. Delared World’s Biggest Oil Producer; Gas Prices Drift Lower
July 7, 2014
Tampa, FL – The United States surpassed Saudi Arabia and Russia to become the world’s biggest oil producer this year.
According to a report from the Bank of America Corp., the U.S. is projected to remain the top producer of 2014 because domestic output is forecast to increase and production growth outside the U.S. has been lower than anticipated. [Read more]
Tennessee National Guard Prepares for Hurricane Response
August 27, 2011
Nashville, TN – Soldiers and Airmen across Tennessee are preparing for a possible activation of National Guard troops, facilities, and equipment in response to the potential landfall of Hurricane Irene.
“We were contacted by National Guard Bureau Wednesday to determine what resources we can provide should the hurricane move inland along the East Coast,” said Brig. Gen. Robert Harris, Tennessee’s Assistant Adjutant General-Army.
United States Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys line the ramp at the Tennessee National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility #1 in Smyrna, TN. The aircraft were evacuated from military bases in North Carolina in anticipation of Hurricane Irene. (Photo: Nate Crawford, National Guard Public Affairs Office)
Sunspot Breakthrough
August 26, 2011
Written by Dr. Tony Phillips
Science@NASA
Washington, D.C. – Imagine forecasting a hurricane in Miami weeks before the storm was even a swirl of clouds off the coast of Africa—or predicting a tornado in Kansas from the flutter of a butterfly’s wing1 in Texas. These are the kind of forecasts meteorologists can only dream about.
Could the dream come true? A new study by Stanford researchers suggests that such forecasts may one day be possible—not on Earth, but on the sun.
“We have learned to detect sunspots before they are visible to the human eye,” says Stathis Ilonidis, a PhD student at Stanford University. “This could lead to significant advances in space weather forecasting.”
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