Dossier
The Tanker Timeline
Coverage of The Tanker Timeline in the Nexus archive.
- Why gasoline prices don’t always move in lockstep with crude oil prices
Gasoline prices do not always align with crude oil price movements due to differing supply chains, refining constraints, and market dynamics. Crude oil accounts for over half of gasoline costs, but refining, transportation, and distribution factors also influence prices, which lag behind crude oil changes as physical supply chains operate over weeks or months.