You may not realize it, but when it comes to looking at national oil consumption patterns in the United States, almost a full half of all oil ends up as gasoline.  Our nation’s ever-increasing demand for the fuel that keeps this country rolling drives intense competition between the thousands of retailers who sell it to us (and the hundreds of distributors who sell it to them wholesale).  In fact, gasoline consumption is so enormous that futures contracts on the New York exchanges trade in units of a thousand barrels (forty-two thousand gallons) each!

Triple Diamond Energy Corp. Recognizes The Need For Fuel

Knowing that the demand for gasoline isn’t going down at all, Triple Diamond Energy Corp. addresses America’s always growing need for high-quality gasoline and puts a strong focus on acquiring prime oil properties that will help meet the demands of fuel-hungry consumers and businesses.

What is driving the nation’s blossoming need for gasoline?  Many factors contribute, but all can fall under the central umbrella of one word: opportunity.  There is a greater opportunity – and market incentive – for more people to get behind the wheel of vehicles than ever before.  Market forces and social changes have altered the American landscape and opened up the doors to increased demand for gasoline.

For example, over the last few decades car manufacturers have focused on creating highly affordable models of vehicles to attract the cash-strapped consumer.  This clever and timely strategy has paid off handsomely for the car manufacturers who post record profits year after year, but has also boosted the sales of oil as more wheels on the road mean more gallons need to be flowing from the pumps.

More Roads Nationwide Fuel The Need Further

Our nation’s highway system is also a factor in driving the increased demand for gasoline.  As roads continue to be built all over the country every year new opportunities for travel open up.  Day trips, spontaneous weekend getaways and even well-planned cross country trips can send consumption soaring as people travel all around the nation for business and pleasure.  The desire to travel is so great that even when gasoline prices are their highest, demand does not significantly diminish.  Americans continue to take to the road with no end in sight.

The increased reach of the United States highway system also drives consumption for big business.  The modern demand for rush deliveries and just-in-time store inventories has created a booming shipping industry and has resulted in a never-ending stream of trailer trucks hauling packages and goods across the country in record amounts.  These large vehicles create an enormous demand for quality fuel that will only continue to expand in years to come.

So while crude oil can be refined and processed to become any number of products – plastics, petroleum products, heating oils and even feedstock – it is still the unquenchable demand for gasoline that keeps companies like Triple Diamond Energy Corp. busy searching for new and valuable resources to keep production going.