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title: OPIS Blog | Free Energy Market Information | Tom Kloza
description: As Global Head of Energy Analysis, Tom has covered downstream oil markets for over 40 years. A magna cum laude graduate of St. Francis University, Tom has a degree in English and has analyzed crude oil, refined products, and gas liquids for parts of four decades. He has also written commentary for Marketwatch and is a regular guest commentator for Bloomberg Financial Markets and NPR Marketplace. He provides unbiased and expert commentary for print and electronic media during times of oil volatility, and is regularly quoted in virtually every U.S. and international periodical.
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## Tom Kloza
As Global Head of Energy Analysis, Tom has covered downstream oil markets for over 40 years. A magna cum laude graduate of St. Francis University, Tom has a degree in English and has analyzed crude oil, refined products, and gas liquids for parts of four decades. He has also written commentary for Marketwatch and is a regular guest commentator for Bloomberg Financial Markets and NPR Marketplace. He provides unbiased and expert commentary for print and electronic media during times of oil volatility, and is regularly quoted in virtually every U.S. and international periodical.
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##### Crude oil
## [Analysis: Latest Rise to $90/bbl Crude Underscores Dramatic Downstream Changes](https://blog.opisnet.com/analysis-latest-rise-to-90-bbl-crude)
On September 14, 2023, front month WTI futures surpassed $90/bbl for the first time since November 2022.
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May 26, 2023 Share
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##### Retail Market, Futures Market, Gas & Diesel
## [Year-on-Year Fuel Disinflation Likely to Reach Epic Proportions](https://blog.opisnet.com/year-on-year-fuel-disinflation)
Thanks to irrational exuberance on the part of oil speculators in the spring of 2022, comparisons for key fuels in the U.S.
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January 06, 2023 Share
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##### Crude oil, Gas & Diesel, Crude
## [Refinery Additions and Subtractions Complicate Outlook for 2023](https://blog.opisnet.com/refinery-additions-and-subtractions)
Much of the oil industry’s attention in 2022 was appropriately focused on a shortfall in global refining capacity that was
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December 12, 2022 Share
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##### Retail Market, Gas & Diesel
## [Analysis: Gasoline Deflation at Hand as Volatile 2023 Looms](https://blog.opisnet.com/analysis-gasoline-deflation-at-hand)
The US national average for gasoline as measured by OPIS on Dec. 12, 2022, represented deflation of 2.02% versus the same
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May 26, 2021 Share
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##### Spot Market, Retail Market, Gas & Diesel
## [Beyond Mid-May Motor Fuel Madness: Will Gasoline Supply Scrambles Persist?](https://blog.opisnet.com/beyond-mid-may-motor-fuel-madness-gasoline-supply-scrambles)
The First Driver of the 2021 Motor Fuel Panic
In mid-April, a special report by Oil Price Information Service (OPIS) sounded
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February 04, 2021 Share
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##### Renewables, Spot Market, Biofuels, Ethanol, RINs
## [2020 Energy Prices Complicated by Ag Products, Renewable Credits and Other Relationships](https://blog.opisnet.com/2020-energy-prices-complicated-by-ag-products-renewable-credits)
You need more than just a NYMEX or ICE futures’ screen to keep pace with petroleum prices, based on the first 22 business
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