gasoline
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gasolines
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The spread between the cost of producing a barrel of gasoline and the cost of the crude oil needed to produce it — known among traders as the “crack spread” — has widened sharply.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
See: Why are gasoline prices rising faster than oil prices?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
Residents were seen filling up their vehicles with gasoline.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
The waiver has let California obtain more fuel from Gulf of Mexico refineries, which has reduced the spread between the state’s gasoline prices and the national average by about 25 cents a gallon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Their father always kept a can of gasoline in the garage, to fill the snow blower, and to power the generator if the power went out during a storm.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
Isobutylene is used in the production of isooctane, a component of some gasolines.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
But the Los Angeles-based company knows that California is about to set new fuel standards that will require all oil companies in the state to reformulate their gasolines or switch to alternative fuels.
From Time Magazine Archive
He noted that Shell Oil has estimated that it would cost billions of dollars to develop new clean-burning gasolines.
From Time Magazine Archive
Best available high-test gasolines have an "octane rating" of 76.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lastly, it was doomed by the advent of high octane gasolines, first used while it was still in the development stage.
From The First Airplane Diesel Engine: Packard Model DR-980 of 1928 by Robert B. Meyer
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