Crude oil prices are the major determinant of gasoline prices.

They (oil companies) have become financial engineers rather than petroleum engineers. I'd like to see them show a little more effort in the development side internally than they have lately.

Seasonal factors, combined with additional production expected by OPEC, should bring oil prices back down to the mid-20 range by mid-summer.

The inventory build was two-to-three times greater than expected, and oil prices are backing off.

The dollar's long-term prospects are still in question as [oil prices] remain high and many areas in the [southern] United States have been left in turmoil in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Businesses are managing to shrug off the latest increases in oil prices.