CEDAR CREEK VOICE has been tracking the local gas prices from the stations in the northern Cadillac area and from Manton since February, 2008.
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Date: N. Cadillac stations Manton Shell_______
Wed 9/30: $2.39 $2.41
[Wednesday, 9/30/09: NYMEX West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil for November delivery closed up $0.39 at $70.61 per barrel.]
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Thr 10/1: $2.38 (Murphy,Wesco) $2.41
$2.39 (Admiral,Meijer,Speedway)
[Thursday, 10/1/09: NYMEX West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil for November delivery closed up $0.21 at $70.82 per barrel.]
Fri 10/2: $2.38 $2.40
[Friday, 10/2/09: NYMEX West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil for November delivery closed down $0.87 at $69.95 per barrel.]
Sat 10/3: $2.38 $2.40
Sun 10/4: $2.38 $2.40
Mon 10/5: $2.38 (Admiral,Meijer,Murphy) $2.47
$3.45 (Speedway, Wesco)
[Monday, 10/5/09: NYMEX West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil for November delivery closed up $0.46 at $70.41 per barrel.]
Tue 10/6: $2.45 $2.47
[Tuesday, 10/6/09: NYMEX West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil for November delivery closed up $0.47 at $70.88 per barrel.]
Wed 10/7: $2.45 $2.47
[Wednesday, 10/7/09: NYMEX West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil for November delivery closed down $1.31 at $69.57 per barrel.]
Thr 10/8: $2.41 (Admiral) $2.47
$2.43 – $2.45 (Murphy)
$2.45 -$2.41 (Meijer)
$2.45 (Wesco)
$2.45 – $2.55 (Speedway)
[Thursday, 10/8/09: NYMEX West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil for November delivery closed up $2.12 at $71.69 per barrel.]
Fri 10/9: $2.55 $2.57
[Friday, 10/9/09: NYMEX West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil for November delivery closed up $0.08 at $71.77 per barrel.]
Sat 10/10: $2.55 $2.57 FIRST SNOW IN MANTON!
Sun 10/11: $2.55 $2.57
Mon 10/12: $2.54 $2.56 COLUMBUS DAY
Tue 10/13: $2.54 $2.55
[Tuesday, 10/13/09: NYMEX West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil for November delivery closed up $0.88 at $74.15 per barrel.]
Wed 10/14: $2.54 $2.55
[Wednesday, 10/14/09: NYMEX West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil for November delivery closed up $1.03 at $75.18 per barrel.]
Thr 10/15: $2.54 (Admiral,Murphy) $2.55
$2.54 – $2.58 (Wesco)
$2.54 – $2.59 (Meijer, Speedway)
{October 16, 17, 18, & 19th — Editor out of town.}
Tue 10/20: $2.49 (Murphy) $2.76
$2.51 (Wesco)
$2.75 (Admiral, Meijer, Speedway)
[Tuesday, 10/20/09: NYMEX West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil for November delivery closed down $0.52 at $79.09 per barrel.]
Wed 10/21: $2.75 $2.77
[Wednesday, 10/21/09: NYMEX West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil for December delivery closed up $2.25 at $81.37 per barrel.]
Thr 10/22: $2.74 $2.76
[Thursday, 10/22/09: NYMEX West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil for December delivery closed down $0.18 at $81.19 per barrel.]
Fri 10/23: $2.73 (Admiral, Murphy) $2.76
$2.74 (Meijer, Speedway, Wesco)
Sat 10/24: $2.72 $2.74
Sun 10/25: $2.70 $2.73
Mon 10/26: $2.69 $2.73
[Monday, 10/26/09: NYMEX West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil for December delivery closed down $1.82 at $78.68 per barrel.]
Tue 10/27: $2.69 $2.73
[Tuesday, 10/27/09: NYMEX West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil for December delivery closed up $0.87 at $79.55 per barrel.]
Wed 10/28: $2.69 (Admiral) $2.83
$2.79 (Meijer, Murphy, Speedway, Wesco)
[Wednesday, 10/28/09: NYMEX West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil for December delivery closed down $2.09 at $77.46 per barrel.]
Thr 10/29: $2.79 $2.83
[Thursday, 10/29/09: NYMEX West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil for December delivery closed up $2.41 at $79.87 per barrel.]
Fri 10/30: $2.74 (Admiral) $2.82
$2.75 (Meijer, Murphy, Speedway, Wesco)
[Friday, 10/30/09: NYMEX West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil for December delivery closed down $2.87 at $77.00 per barrel.]
Sat 10/31: $2.75 (Admiral) $2.83
$2.79 (Meijer, Murphy, Speedway, Wesco)
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The closest local gas stations checked daily are:
1. Admiral Gas 1377 N. Mitchell, Cadillac, MI, 775-8872.
(Cooperative over phone until 5/23/08. Now: “It’s against policy and we’ve been getting in trouble for giving prices out.”)
2. Meijer Gas, 8605 E. 34 (Boon) Road, Cadillac, MI, 876-2829.
(Cooperative over phone.)
3. Murphy U.S.A., 8917 E. 34 Road, Cadillac, MI, 876-2376.(Cooperative over phone)
4. Shell Gas , 102 S. Michigan Ave, *Manton, MI, 824-3741.
(“It’s agaist policy to give out gas prices over the phone.”)
5. Speedway , 702 N. Mitchell, Cadillac, MI, 775-9303.
(“We can’t give out gas prices over the phone. It’s policy.”)
6. Wesco Gas, 1548 N. Mitchell, Cadillac, MI, 775-5788.
(Cooperative over phone.)
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NOTES OF INTEREST:
(1) Current daily gas prices can usually be found using the Link “Gas Buddy…”– just click on the Link and go directly to the web site to find daily gas prices in nearby towns in northern Michigan, listed in alphabetical order.
(3) CCV also checks CNNMoney.com, if prices at NYMEX not posted: http://money.nn.com/data/commodities.
(4) Another place CCV may check daily prices of crude oil, gas, heating fuel, etc. is: http://www.bloomberg.com/energy.
(5) Some oil companies that buy from OPEC (Middle East countries and Venezuela) are:
SHELL, CHEVRON/TEXACO, EXXON/MOBIL, MARATHON/SPEEDWAY, AMOCO, and CITGO (-who imports oil from Venezuela, from dictator, Hugo Chavez who hates Americans.)
(6) Some oil companies that DO NOT buy from OPEC are:
SUNOCO, CONOCO, SINCLAIR, BP/PHILLIPS, HESS, ARCO.
[If you go to Sunoco.com, you can get a list of the station locations near you.]
*All of this information is available from the Department of Energy, and each is required to state where they get their oil and how much they are importing.
** SEE: Pages titled “History of Oil Price Increases Since 2003″ and “How to Save $$$ on Gas”
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