Global growth in use of gasoline outpaces diesel in 2014 (7/30/2014)

Unlike in recent years, growth in global gasoline consumption is outpacing diesel growth in 2014. At the same time, new refining capacity engineered to produce more distillate than gasoline is coming online in 2014. The narrowing spread for December 2014 futures contracts demonstrates how these two factors may be temporarily leading to a tighter global gasoline market than was expected at the beginning of the year. ...