Randy Bly
Randy Bly
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We're going into the weekend expecting to see price increases, no doubt about it, should the forecast with Rita pan out. There's no way to predict how much gas prices will be up for Rita.
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Things appear -- at least for the short term -- that the stage is set for gas prices to increase even more.
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You have to remember it's a very volatile market. But, if everything else remains stable, chances are fairly good that prices will be calming.
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We'll probably continue to see rising gas prices just beyond the Labor Day holiday.
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While it's normal to see gas prices rise for the holidays, we just don't know how much prices will fluctuate until spring arrives.
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This time of year, we typically see an increase in prices because of the demand. We're looking at the beginning of the spring break season. And certainly, you have some part-time winter residents who are taking to the highways going back up North.
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It's all happening at the same time, and we certainly expected prices to increase somewhat but not to this extent.
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You really started to notice when it got under the $2 mark. But now it's, 'Oh, boy, here it comes up again.' Many people thought prices would drop after the holidays, which they usually do.
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There's a lot going on, and none of it really looks good for gas at the retail level. For the foreseeable future, I think prices are going to stay above average.
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Some refineries are temporarily off-line for annual spring maintenance and changing over from winter blends of fuel to summer blends to meet Environmental Protection Act requirements. But, although there is volatile market futures speculation, the strong domestic supply we now have should bring prices lower before Memorial Day weekend.
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In years past, we usually did not see much of a change in the pattern of people taking trips. But we're kind of in uncharted territory dealing with high crude oil prices and seeing gas over the $2 mark - this is all new. Overall, I think people will still take those vacations. But I think they will compensate by cutting back in other areas.
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For the immediate future, I think we will see prices pretty close to what we are seeing now.
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We expected it to happen, but it looks like we are running out of time for that. Are we going to hit $3? We are not that far from it under normal circumstances, are we? If you add a hurricane to that, I wouldn't be surprised.
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We went through uncharted territory this past year, with twin hurricanes taking out a huge part of our petroleum industry along the Gulf Coast. That has never happened before, and it's never hit with a Labor Day holiday.