US retail gasoline demand up 4.5% from prior week

摘要

Houston-US retail gasoline demand jumped 4.5% in the week ended September 16 to 62.359 million barrels pumped from the prior week, according to survey data released September 20 by MasterCard Advisors. The 2.668 million barrel rise in retail gasoline sales could be attributed to demand increasing in New England and the Gulf Coast regions after tropical storms ripped through some areas, as well as to slightly lower gasoline prices, MasterCard Advisors' gasoline analyst John Gamel said.