Industry Insight: COVID-19 and the Impact on Petroleum Markets in Canada
Posted on: Wednesday, July 15th, 2020An excerpt from the Quarterly Report of Petroleum Pricing in Canada, Quarter 2, 2020: We are living in unprecedented times. The COVID-19 pandemic has had extraordinary
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COVID In Canada: How Coronavirus is impacting demand in the Canadian Market
Posted on: Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020Here at Kent, we’ve collected data on the Canadian petroleum market for nearly 50 years. We’re the only source of price and volume data in Canada, which gives
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Industry Insight: COVID-19
Posted on: Thursday, April 16th, 2020An Excerpt from the Quarterly Report of Petroleum Pricing in Canada, Quarter 1 2020: A Canadian Perspective on Petroleum Markets amid COVID-19 Canadian petroleum prices e
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2018 Year End Retail Volume Data Now Available
Posted on: Tuesday, February 12th, 2019Canadian Gasoline Consumption Finishes Marginally Higher in 2018 Retail gasoline prices reached four-year highs in the second quarter, causing gasoline consumption to fal
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2017 Year End Retail Volume Data Now Available
Posted on: Monday, February 5th, 2018Canadian Gasoline Consumption Finishes Marginally Higher in 2017 Despite rising retail prices throughout 2017, year end volume was up 0.9 percent over year end 2016. Ga
Read More2017 Half-Year Retail Volume Data Available
Posted on: Wednesday, August 9th, 2017Canadian Gasoline Consumption Up Marginally in the First Half of 2017 Despite rising retail prices throughout 2017, half-year volume was up 0.2 percent over half-year 201
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Carbon Pricing and Where Canada Goes From Here
Posted on: Thursday, October 13th, 2016Co-Authors: Michael Ervin, Senior Vice-President and Jason Parent, Vice-President Consulting. The recent announcement of a federally imposed carbon price requirement was
Read MoreFrom Deep Underground to Your Gas Tank
Posted on: Monday, August 29th, 2016From Deep Underground to Your Gas Tank : Canada’s Unsurpassed Record of Supply of Petroleum Products to Consumers By Michael Ervin, Senior Vice-President, Kent Group L
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What’s driving the Recent Rise in the Number of Retail Fuel Sites in Canada?
Posted on: Thursday, July 28th, 2016By Jason Parent, Vice President Consulting, Kent Group Ltd. According to the Kent Group’s recently released annual Retail Site Census, the number of retail fuel sites i
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The Increasing Burden of Motor Fuel Taxes in Canada
Posted on: Wednesday, June 22nd, 2016By Jason Parent, Vice President Consulting of Kent Group Ltd. The recent enactment of legislation doubling the provincial excise tax on gasoline in Newfoundland has broug
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The Changing Role of Higher Octane Gasoline in the Canadian Retail Fuels Market
Posted on: Friday, April 22nd, 2016Higher octane grades of gasoline – such as midgrade, premium, and super-premium grades – have an increasing role in the Canadian fuels market, and also in allowin
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Imperial Oil’s Divestiture and the Changing Face of Fuel Retailing in Canada
Posted on: Wednesday, March 30th, 2016The recent sale of Imperial Oil’s (IOL) remaining retail assets likely marks a tipping point in the Canadian downstream petroleum industry. When this series of t
Read MoreThe Weakened Loonie and its Effect on Refined Product Prices
Posted on: Tuesday, December 8th, 2015by Jason Parent, Vice President Consulting, Kent Group Ltd. Many in the public, media, and petroleum industry have taken notice of the fact that Canadian gasoline and d
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Cheaper Gas on the way, but it has little to do with low oil prices
Posted on: Tuesday, August 25th, 2015Tuesday, August 18, 2015 Michael Ervin, President of Consulting at Kent Group Ltd. joins BNN to discuss the current situation with gas prices. Highlights from the
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Diesel and Gasoline Price Spread
Posted on: Tuesday, February 17th, 2015Making Sense of the Current Spread Between Diesel and Gasoline Prices By Jason Parent, VP Consulting, Kent Group Ltd. 12 February 2015 Global crude prices have collapsed
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Gas Prices on the Rise in Canada
Posted on: Thursday, February 5th, 2015February 4th, 2015 Gas Prices Are on the Rise in Canada: Analysts say more price hikes are likely on the way. Click the link below to hear the full interview... Read More
Gasoline price drop nearly done for B.C. motorists: analyst
Posted on: Thursday, December 4th, 2014Extracted From the Richmond Review December 3, 2014, By JEFF NAGEL A petroleum industry expert says plunging crude oil prices may be close to a bottom, meaning B.C. moto
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Crude Math: What’s happening with oil prices?
Posted on: Tuesday, October 28th, 2014Crude Math: What’s happening with oil prices? It is clear that the bottom has fallen out of gasoline prices since the summer – the average Canadian retail price is do
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Gas prices: Here’s how they determine what you pay at the pump.
Posted on: Monday, July 14th, 2014Energy analysts and gas-price watchers say high gasoline prices across Canada aren’t expected to drop significantly until the summer weather and sectarian conflict
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Pipelines and Fuel Prices – Dispelling the Myths
Posted on: Sunday, June 29th, 2014There is a lot of talk these days about what the impact on fuel prices might be as a result of the proposed expansion of pipeline capacity, through projects such... Read More
RETAIL FUEL 2010 – A YEAR IN REVIEW
Posted on: Tuesday, June 24th, 201421 December 2010 Retail gasoline prices in Canada were more stable in 2010 than they have been in any year over the past decade, according to data collected by London...
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Oil Prices Soar Nationwide
Posted on: Tuesday, June 24th, 2014Drivers are feeling gas pains as the price at the pumps is jumping in much of the country. Pumps in the Toronto area saw prices rise 3.6¢ a litre overnight,... Read More
Gasoline Prices Rise – The Canadian Press
Posted on: Tuesday, June 24th, 2014TORONTO – The rising price of crude oil, pushed by turmoil in Libya and the Middle East, is driving prices at the gas pump higher. And as spring approaches and... <
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Crude, Cushing, and Crack Spreads: How to make sense of it all?
Posted on: Tuesday, June 24th, 2014This has been a fascinating year for followers of petroleum markets. There has always been a level of confusion—if not distrust—over the ability of gasoline and die
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CBC Interview – Interview between host Rex Murphy and guest Michael J. Ervin
Posted on: Wednesday, June 18th, 2014This 2006 interview between host Rex Murphy and guest Michael J. Ervin on the CBC’s famous “Cross Country Checkup” program provides a concise overview of how retail
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