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title: OPIS Blog | Free Energy Market Information | Tom Kloza (2)
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. (2)
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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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##### Convenience Stores, Gas & Diesel
## [Memorial Day Gasoline Review: America Didn't Crank Up Its Engines](https://blog.opisnet.com/memorial-day-gasoline-review)
Correct or not, Memorial Day is often the time we take the temperature of gasoline demand. How did 2020 stack up?
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##### Crude oil, Spot Market, Ethanol, Gas & Diesel
## [Beyond Saudi Attacks: 4 Other Oil, Gasoline & Diesel Price Factors to Fear in 2020](https://blog.opisnet.com/2020-fuel-prices)
Much of the oil, gasoline and diesel price direction in 2020 markets may be determined by whether the Middle East calms down
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##### Crude oil, Gas & Diesel
## [Oil Prices in H2 2019: 6 Market Wild Cards to Watch](https://blog.opisnet.com/oil-prices-h2-2019)
Oil prices love to improvise.
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##### Retail Market, Gas & Diesel
## [Retail Gasoline Profits Set Records in January 2019](https://blog.opisnet.com/retail-gasoline-sets-records)
January can be a cruel month for [gasoline](https://www.opisnet.com/commodities/gasoline-products/) retailers. It inevitably brings the lowest demand of the year but often higher
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##### Rack Market, Retail Market, Gas & Diesel
## [Gasoline Retailers Find the Big Inning with Price Margins](https://blog.opisnet.com/retail-gasoline-price-margins)
Baseball teams like the New York Yankees are often criticized because they depend on the “Big Inning” to juice up the win
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##### Jet fuel, Gas & Diesel
## [Gasoline, Diesel & Jet Refining: Geography Creates Winners & Losers](https://blog.opisnet.com/refining-geography)
*“It was the best of times; it was the worst of times . . . “*
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