gas prices

Boston Business Journal Editor Doug Banks is on the business beat this week talking about new — and welcome — COVID-19milestones, concerns about inflation and the debut of the WooSox.

As is typical with high summer demand, average gas prices have been rising steadily in recent weeks, with the trend expected to continue as more travel restrictions ease and more Americans hit the road. Here’s how to increase your fuel efficiency

Motorists are finding gas pumps shrouded in plastic bags at tapped-out service stations across more than a dozen U.S. states. Shortages and panic-buying continued Thursday even as the operator of the nation’s largest gasoline pipeline reported making “substantial progress” in resolving the computer hack-induced shutdown responsible for the empty tanks.

President Joe Biden asked Americans to avoid buying unnecessary gasoline as the Colonial pipeline reopens after hackers shut it down earlier this week. The president also issued a warning to vendors against price gouging and said the U.S. is working with Russian leaders to take “decisive action” against the hackers, who the FBI says are not Russian but are based...

Supply is going to come back, but the nation, particularly the southeast, has seen a rush of people stocking up on gasoline as supply dips. There’s no need to hoard, says Patrick De Haan of Gasbuddy, an app that helps you find the cheapest pump near you.

The White House said Wednesday that the Department of Transportation is now allowing Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia to use interstate highways to transport overweight loads of gasoline and other fuels under existing disaster declarations.

The Colonial Pipelines shutdown brought new attention to the recent rise in gas prices. Wednesday, for the first time in more than six years, gas prices climbed to more than $3 a gallon. Will they go back down soon? Experts say likely not.

The Colonial Pipeline was hacked, causing a shutdown that led to rising gas prices and shortages in the U.S. See where Massachusetts and other states’ prices and supplies stand today.

An oil pipeline shutdown caused by hackers who are demanding a ransom is driving up gas prices — but it’s not the only factor driving the rise.

A cyberattack on a critical U.S. pipeline is sending ripple effects across the economy, highlighting cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the nation’s aging energy infrastructure

The operator of a major U.S. pipeline hit by a cyberattack says it hopes to have service mostly restored by the end of the week

A shortage of tanker truck drivers may lead to rising gas prices and even dry pumps at fueling stations, experts warn as many Americans are back on the road and gearing up for the summer travel season, NBC News reports.

If you’re looking to take that summer road trip, you may want to plan for higher prices at the pump. As you’ve probably noticed, the cost of gas has been steadily rising. Tracey Noble of AAA Mid-Atlantic says several factors are contributing to that surge. One is the refineries in Texas that experienced disruption when the major winter storms...

AAA does not expect higher prices at the pump to keep people off the roads this summer.

The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline increased by 6 cents over the past two weeks, to $2.22 per gallon.

Oil prices hit a record low Monday, dropping nearly 300 percent, with May futures closing at negative $37 per barrel. Fewer drivers are on the roads and fewer planes are in the sky due to the coronavirus outbreak, causing demand to plummet. Oil storage facilities are nearing capacity as a result.

As Thanksgiving arrives this week, millions of Americans will hit the road to celebrate the holiday with relatives near and far — and fortunately the conditions are looking good. Gas prices have dropped over the past two weeks, with the price of a gallon of regular down about 4 cents nationally according to the Lundberg Survey.

43 million people are expected to drive 50 miles or more this week for Thanksgiving.

Going on a summer vacation this year? You’re in good company. Almost 100 million Americans, or 4 in 10 U.S. adults, will take a family trip in 2019, according to AAA. That’s up slightly from last year. Meanwhile, financial website Bankrate.com found in a March 2019 survey of 2,577 adults that 52% are planning a summer holiday this year. So...

Nearly 43 million people across the country are expected to travel this Memorial Day weekend. Some of them are heading to Cape Cod as we speak, and those numbers will only grow as the day goes on, potentially causing gridlock on the roads.