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Don't Just Watch Your Competitors. Understand Your Customers. As a fuel retailer, if you rely on checking the station across or down the street and compare it to your own costs, pricing fuel can be a constant, reactive puzzle. But here’s the thing: What if the answer isn’t out there, across the street, but right inside your own system?

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Ethane exports from the United States appear set to take a big hit because of a new licensing regime introduced by Washington to regulate shipments to China. Enterprise Products Partners confirmed in a statement on the afternoon of June 4 that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security on June 3 issued a “notice of intent to deny” the company’s emergency authorization requests for licenses to send three ethane cargoes totaling approximately 2.2 million bbl to China.

AI is becoming an essential tool in the retailer’s toolbox to stay competitive in tomorrow’s market. In pricing, AI makes strategies predictive, adaptive, and aligned with real customer behavior — giving fuel retailers the tools they need to thrive. Looking ahead, we expect AI to expand into broader retail roles, including customer segmentation and personalization, loyalty program optimization, and support for EV pricing.

Tight margins, alternative fuel headwinds and increased competition for bunker volumes are just some of the challenges facing the current and future bunker market, according to Adrian Tolson, principal of 2050 Marine Energy. OPIS caught up with Tolson to expand on his presentation at the recently held Maritime Week of the Americas in Tampa. The long-time bunker industry player laid out the hard reality of the global bunker market.

Barron’s Senior Energy Writer Laura Sanicola and OPIS Data Analyst Andrew Blumenthal discuss what’s ahead for the US coal markets this week. Watch this week’s episode for insights into why a Michigan coal-fired power plant was forced to remain open by the Department of Energy and what the ramifications of that might be for consumers. Transcript: LAURA SANICOLA: Hi, everyone.

Posted by OPIS Staff on May 30, 2025 9:00:00 AM Refinery disruptions and fuel price volatility are just a sliver of the massive repercussions that can stem from hurricanes. Storms of this magnitude can disrupt major oil refineries and wildly rattle supply and demand when it comes to gasoline and diesel.

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Launching soon: OPIS RackPro RackPro is a modern OPIS platform designed to increase market transparency and efficiency. RackPro delivers enhanced rack pricing transparency and analytics for wholesale fuel buyers and sellers. It’s part of OPIS’s evolution from static reports to dynamic, web-based tools that provide more actionable insights.

Mark Carney’s decisive victory in Canada’s federal election has sparked a wave of optimism for the nation’s carbon markets. Leading the Liberal Party to 169 seats (just shy of a majority), Carney has secured a strong mandate to blend economic growth with climate action.