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Tax Pass-Through in Gasoline and Diesel Fuel: The 2003 Washington State Nickel Funding Package Increase
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This paper considers a previously unexamined increase in excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel that were part of Washington State’s Nickel Funding Package of 2003. We fail to reject full pass...
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The Impact of Outages on Prices and Investment in the US Oil Refining Industry
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This paper considers the effects of refinery outages (due to planned turn-arounds or unplanned events) on current petroleum product prices and future refinery investment. Empirical evidence on these...
FTC Charges Two Leading Suppliers of Propane Exchange Tanks with Restraining Competition
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission issued an administrative complaint against Ferrellgas Partners, L.P and Ferrellgas, L.P. (doing business as Blue Rhino) and UGI Corporation and AmeriGas Partners, L.P....
FTC Approves Tesoro Corporation’s Application to Divest Boise, Idaho, Terminal Business and Related Assets to Sinclair Transportation Co.
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Following a public comment period, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has approved an application by Tesoro Corporation and Tesoro Logistics Operations LLC (Tesoro) to sell its petroleum-related terminaling...
FTC Requires Tesoro to Sell Petroleum Terminal as a Condition for Acquiring Chevron Assets
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Oil refiner Tesoro Corporation and one of its subsidiaries have agreed to sell their light petroleum products terminal in Boise, Idaho to settle Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission charges that their $335...
FTC Closes Investigation into Tesoro's Acquisition of BP Refinery
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission closed its nine-month investigation into Tesoro Corporation’s acquisition of BP p.l.c.’s southern California marketing and refining assets, in particular BP’s Carson...
FTC Approves Kinder Morgans Application to Sell Pipeline Assets
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has approved an application by energy company Kinder Morgan, Inc. requesting FTC approval for the company to sell certain natural gas pipeline and other assets to...
Statement by FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz on Gasoline Price Spikes in California
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Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz issued the following statement regarding the recent spike in gasoline prices in California: “The Commission is keenly aware of recent gasoline price...
FTC Requires Kinder Morgan to Sell Rocky Mountain Pipelines as a Condition of Acquiring El Paso Corporation
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission will require Kinder Morgan, Inc., one of the largest U.S. transporters of natural gas and other energy products, to sell three natural gas pipelines and other related...
FTC Puts Conditions on AmeriGas's Proposed Acquisition of Rival Propane Distributor Heritage Propane
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission will require AmeriGas L.P. and Energy Transfer Partners L.P. (ETP), two of the nation's largest propane distributors, to amend AmeriGas's proposed acquisition of ETP's...
FTC Approves BASF's Application to Extend Manufacturing Agreement Related to 2009 Acquisition of Ciba; FTC Approves ConocoPhillips' Application to Modify Final Commission Order and to Amend Licensing Agreements with Holly Corp.
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FTC Approves BASF's Application to Extend Manufacturing Agreement Related to 2009 Acquisition of Ciba The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has approved an application by global chemical company BASF SE to...
FTC Issues New Report on Gasoline Prices and the Petroleum Industry
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today issued a Bureau of Economics staff report examining trends in the petroleum industry and how they have affected gasoline prices between 2005 and early 2011. It...
FTC Conditions Irving Oil's Proposed Acquisition of ExxonMobil Assets in Maine
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission will require Irving Oil Terminals Inc. and Irving Oil Limited (collectively, Irving) to relinquish the rights to terminal and pipeline assets in Maine that Irving acquired...
FTC, CFTC Agree to Share Information on Energy Investigations
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As part of their ongoing efforts to keep markets that they oversee open and fair for American consumers, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced...
FTC Staff Expresses Support for Proposed Modification to New Jersey Gasoline Pricing Law; FTC Approves Modified Final Order Settling Charges that PepsiCos Acquisition of Pepsi Bottling Group and PepsiAmericas was Anticompetitive
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FTC Staff Expresses Support for Proposed Modification to New Jersey Gasoline Pricing Law The staff of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning, Bureau of Economics, and Bureau of...
FTC Seeks Public Comments on Proposed Amendments to the Fuel Rating Rule; FTC Approves SCI Corporation International Petition to Divest Cemetery and Related Funeral Home to Legacy Funeral Holdings
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FTC Seeks Public Comments on Proposed Amendments to the Fuel Rating Rule The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission is seeking public comments on proposed changes to its Rule for Automotive Fuel Ratings...
FTC Issues Compliance Guide For Its Petroleum Market Manipulation Regulations; FTC Approves Final Consent Order in Matter Concerning K+S Aktiengesellschaft and International Salt Company, LLC
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FTC Issues Compliance Guide For Its Petroleum Market Manipulation Regulations The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission’s staff has prepared a guide to help businesses and individuals comply with the anti-fraud...
New FTC Rule Prohibits Petroleum Market Manipulation
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today issued a Final Rule that will prohibit market manipulation in the petroleum industry. The Rule will prohibit fraud or deceit in wholesale petroleum markets, and...
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