As some drivers hit the road for the Memorial Day weekend, they faced the sobering reality that it now costs $87 to fill a Ford Explorer SUV, up $14 from last year, and $72 to fill a mid-sized Honda Accord, up $12.
Gas prices, which took another jump overnight, are up nearly 20 percent, or 65 [...]

Americans getting an early start on the Memorial Day weekend found that gasoline prices again sprinted to a new record high overnight, reaching a national average above $3.83 a gallon for regular. Some analysts predict gas will surge past $4 as early as next week. It’s already above that in some places.
Oil prices fell Thursday [...]

Runaway oil prices blew past $130 a barrel for the first time Wednesday and kept going, while gasoline prices persisted in their own relentless climb, rising above $3.80 a gallon.
Wednesday’s rally was fed in part by a report from the Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration, which said crude inventories fell last week, when analysts expected [...]

Crude prices spiked to a yet another trading high, as supply concerns mounted and traders poured in for a last-minute buying binge before June contracts expired. At filling stations across the country, the national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline approached $4, touching $3.80 for the first time.
The June contract for light, sweet [...]

Crude oil settled at a new high, and retail gasoline and diesel prices reached new records as well, adding to the pressure on drivers planning road trips for the coming holiday weekend.
Drivers are now paying an average of $3.79 for a gallon of regular gas, according to a survey by AAA and the Oil Price [...]

Oil rose again, as traders kept buying on the belief that prices will just keep setting new records.
Light, sweet crude for June delivery gained $2.17 to settle at $126.29 on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Crude shot up to $127.82 a barrel, a new record, earlier in the session.
The market showed little reaction to the [...]

Oil futures ended a whipsaw session slightly lower, as the expiration of options played havoc with prices, driving crude near record high levels at times and down by more than $3 a barrel at others. Retail gas prices, meanwhile, advanced past $3.77 a gallon.
Options let investors bet oil prices will rise or fall in the [...]

Gasoline pump prices soared above $3.75 a gallon and oil prices fell as an Energy Department report painted a mixed picture of the nation’s petroleum reserves.
Light, sweet crude for June delivery fell $1.58 to settle at $124.22 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
At the pump, the average national price of a gallon of [...]

Oil prices shot to a new record near $127 a barrel on worries that Iran might cut crude oil production. Gasoline rose to a new record over $3.73 a gallon, and its advance showed little sign of slowing ahead of the Memorial Day weekend, the traditional start of the summer driving season.
Light, sweet crude for [...]

World oil prices eased further on Tuesday, trading near 123 dollars a barrel as profit taking helped to cool a red-hot market, analysts said.
Crude oil prices have more than doubled in the past year and rocketed about 25 percent since the start of 2008, when they broke the 100-dollar barrier.
“Oil prices have simply risen too [...]