Free water and water in solution can result in an expensive repair bill for High-Pressure Common Rail fuel systems
BRANDON — Today’s diesels are particularly picky about the fuel we feed them. A small particle that wouldn’t have been noticed on previous generation engines can attack performance on a 2023 engine. Users may think buying fuel from a local high-volume dealer is a guarantee that it’s as clean and pure as the day it […] Read moreTag Archives diesel fuel
Diesel prices to remain high
Prairie farmers and trucking companies facing record high diesel fuel costs aren’t likely to see a reduction in rack prices soon, says a well-known fuel market analyst. Roger McKnight, chief petroleum analyst with En-Pro International, said there’s no relief in sight when it comes to sky-high diesel prices. North American inventories of middle distillates, which […] Read more
Diesel prices expected to remain high
There is no reprieve from record-high diesel prices on the horizon, says an analyst. “We likely will see prices sustained at elevated levels for some time,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis with GasBuddy. The average price of farm diesel in Alberta in March was $156.42 per 100 litres, up 54 percent from […] Read more
Ukrainian farmers short on spring seeding inputs
Ukraine’s farmers do not have the inputs they need to plant their spring crops, says a senior government official. Taras Dzoba, deputy minister of agrarian policy and food, said the government recently surveyed about 2,500 Ukrainian farmers representing eight million acres of farmland about how things look heading into spring planting. The results show that […] Read more
Diesel prices stay high for summer: analysts
The fuel usually costs less than gasoline in the summer, but supply is down this year as refiners reduce production
Gasoline prices are set to follow sliding crude oil values down over the next year, but diesel prices may actually increase over the next few months. Susan Bell of IHS Markit said diesel supplies generally increase in summer because it’s easier for oil refiners to produce summer fuel compared to low-flow winter diesel, which has […] Read more
Rising diesel prices are coming
WINNIPEG, April 2 (MarketsFarm) – Higher diesel prices are on the horizon for Canada and the United States in 2019. GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst Dan McTeague pointed to an increase in overall demand, combined with a slowdown in heavy oil production, the federal carbon tax, and the coming IMO 2020 regulations. The latter being the […] Read more
Diesel prices expected to stay high
As supply tightens, farmers should consider stocking up on diesel before it’s too late, according to an analyst. “We think the market’s getting kind of overdone down here and this might be your best chance,” said Phil Flynn of the Price Futures Group in Chicago. “If we do get a cold winter, I think we’ll […] Read more
Higher diesel prices come just in time for seeding
Farmers are paying a lot more for their diesel this spring than they have the past couple years. Prices averaged 99 cents per litre in March, according to Alberta Agriculture’s farm input survey. That is up 11 percent from last year and 39 percent from the same month two years ago. “This will probably be […] Read more
Fuel in good supply despite explosion: FCL
Production back to normal | Although supply is on track, the rising price is blamed on the refinery’s temporary shutdown
A Christmas Eve explosion at a major western Canadian refinery won’t curtail the supply of diesel fuel this spring. “We believe that we’re in as good or better shape than we ever have been going into the spring seeding period,” said Cal Fichter, vice-president of energy with Federated Co-operatives Ltd. “We don’t see any issues […] Read more
