gas prices

pgavey · #1 09-18-2018, 11:46 AM

I was in Medicine hat a couple of weeks ago and noticed gas at 1.20 per liter.
Back there again yesterday 1.16 at the Husky Filled up in Taber at 1.20
My question is why are we paying 131. in Pincher Creek and the pass?

pinelakeperch · #2 09-18-2018, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by pgavey

I was in Medicine hat a couple of weeks ago and noticed gas at 1.20 per liter.
Back there again yesterday 1.16 at the Husky Filled up in Taber at 1.20
My question is why are we paying 131. in Pincher Creek and the pass?

I was in Beaver Mines on Saturday and noticed that the prices are the same as in Lethbridge. What a joke!

CranePete · #3 09-18-2018, 12:29 PM

You’re still paying less than me...$1.39/l here in Williams Lake.

Hindsight · #4 09-18-2018, 01:27 PM

About $1.18/$1.19 in Olds right now, Costco Red Deer $1.21

Ken07AOVette · #5 09-18-2018, 01:35 PM

1.25 Lloydminster

perry3182 · #6 09-18-2018, 02:52 PM

1.30 give or take a few pennies.Grande Prairie

Knu02 · #7 09-18-2018, 03:36 PM

I paid 113.9 in camrose today.

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Dom4 · #8 09-18-2018, 03:43 PM

She is 112.9 in Edmonton right now at a bunch of places

sewerrat · #9 09-18-2018, 03:44 PM

$117.9 in Olds $1.24 in Innisfail and $1.29 Gasoline Alley.

Scott N · #10 09-18-2018, 04:03 PM

My corner station in NE Calgary was $1.19 this morning when I drove by.

birdbeast · #11 09-18-2018, 04:34 PM

Just filled up in Olds. With the discount 1.129 at FasGas

KGB · #12 09-18-2018, 05:50 PM

Cheapest I have seen is $1.12 at Costco, everywhere else it’s pretty much $1.19-$1.23

Albertacoyotecaller · #13 09-18-2018, 09:43 PM

Why are you paying it? Because you are willing and not walking.

58thecat · #14 09-25-2018, 05:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pgavey

I was in Medicine hat a couple of weeks ago and noticed gas at 1.20 per liter.
Back there again yesterday 1.16 at the Husky Filled up in Taber at 1.20
My question is why are we paying 131. in Pincher Creek and the pass?

Because you pay for the view.....

DRhunter · #15 10-04-2018, 10:04 PM

As my old man always said, I spend a lot of money on hunting, fuel and alcohol... the rest of my money I just Pi$$ away!

DR

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ssyd · #16 10-05-2018, 12:19 AM

Every week it drops on Tuesday/Wednesday then spikes again on Thursday. Every station, every week. I find it impossible to believe there is no collusion. Some weeks worse than others but it's becoming entirely too common to see a $0.13/L increase right before payday.

This isn't a regulated monopoly like the AGLC.

These companies all source their own products yet somehow they always seem to incur the same price spikes in their wholesale price at the same time every week?
Maybe my understanding is wrong here. Maybe there's a monopoly at a higher, international level that controls these supply prices but my understanding is that if these companies have built their own supply chains then they should operate independently from each other. Yet here we are.
If I'm wrong I'd love to learn better, preferably from someone besides Sundance.

Kim473 · #17 10-05-2018, 07:22 AM

The only way to stop them is by sending a msg to them ! Buy at the lowest place every time you fill or boycott the big players like ESSO , Petrocan and Shell. If they have no customers, they would have to lower the price and keep it low or close the station.

Hound · #18 10-08-2018, 11:00 AM

terrible

bcshadow · #19 05-08-2022, 09:10 AM

Going through my old posts and realized that this thread reminds me of ads for houses for sale for $100,000 🤔

$2.17 a liter in Vancouver today......

ganderblaster · #20 05-08-2022, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by bcshadow

Going through my old posts and realized that this thread reminds me of ads for houses for sale for $100,000 🤔

$2.17 a liter in Vancouver today......

Filled up for $1.98 a litre by Nanaimo last night felt like the good old days when gas was under $2/L

jungleboy · #21 05-11-2022, 09:22 AM

What happened to the tax holiday on gasoline at the pumps the the provincial government put in place? When it came into effect the price of gas dropped by about 15 to 18 cents a liter.
Now within a month the price has shot back up magically by 20cents a liter overnight. While the pice of oil has not really moved significantly.

Why is the price of gas suddenly back to where it was before the tax came off?

Certainly oil companies would never take advantage of the situation and bring in an increase just because they can. Must be some logical reason , maybe the CEO of a major oil company got heartburn a week ago. That could trigger a price increase at the pumps. Ya that’s likely it.

Sledhead71 · #22 05-11-2022, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by jungleboy

What happened to the tax holiday on gasoline at the pumps the the provincial government put in place? When it came into effect the price of gas dropped by about 15 to 18 cents a liter.
Now within a month the price has shot back up magically by 20cents a liter overnight. While the pice of oil has not really moved significantly.

Why is the price of gas suddenly back to where it was before the tax came off?

Certainly oil companies would never take advantage of the situation and bring in an increase just because they can. Must be some logical reason , maybe the CEO of a major oil company got heartburn a week ago. That could trigger a price increase at the pumps. Ya that’s likely it.

Summer fuel cost more, Refiners reduce the chance of gas evaporation in your car during the summer by producing gasoline blends that have lower Reid vapor pressure (RVP), or lower volatility. Nothing new, cost more to produce.

Mistagin · #23 05-11-2022, 09:37 AM

Went out to get diesel for my little tractor a few days ago - $2.29 / l, YIKES!

Regular gas is now $2.00 / l and projected to rise another 10 - 15 c soon.

Got a jerry can of premium for the roto-tiller and other small gas engines - $2.27 / l.

This is in Kingston, Ontario.

Sure not looking forward to filling my 136 litre tank on the F-150.
I may well wait until it is nearly empty and then take all my jerry cans (100 l) and go to the nearest reserve (1/2 hr away) and fill 'em all there, or cross the border to NY, also 1/2 hr away. Probably save myself $50 - $60 doing that.

The grass (I cut about 3 acres or so) may not get cut as much this year

Trochu · #24 05-11-2022, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by jungleboy

What happened to the tax holiday on gasoline at the pumps the the provincial government put in place? When it came into effect the price of gas dropped by about 15 to 18 cents a liter.
Now within a month the price has shot back up magically by 20cents a liter overnight. While the pice of oil has not really moved significantly.

Why is the price of gas suddenly back to where it was before the tax came off?

Certainly oil companies would never take advantage of the situation and bring in an increase just because they can. Must be some logical reason , maybe the CEO of a major oil company got heartburn a week ago. That could trigger a price increase at the pumps. Ya that’s likely it.

As per Gas Buddy, averages:

-Calgary: $1.635
-Red Deer: $1.617
-Edmonton: $1.597

-Regina: $1.778
-Saskatoon: $1.785

-Prince George: $2.081
-Kelowna: $2.083
-Abbotsford: $2.086

-Winnipeg: $1.796

Seems like the $0.15-$0.18/L savings in Alberta are still there compared to neighboring provinces.

Stinky Buffalo · #25 10-05-2022, 08:08 PM

Great summary, Sun.

tbiddy · #26 10-05-2022, 09:14 PM

Paid $1.798 for gas, taxes in at the UFA in Macklin SK today. Was $1.69 at the Petro down the road, doh! Price of oil is going down and gas has gone up $0.20/L in the last week.