OPIS provides custom historical pricing assessments and news to meet your needs.
Our database goes back more than 20 years for gasoline, diesel, natural gas liquids, jet fuel, refinery feedstocks, heavy oils/bunker fuel, crude, biofuels and RINs pricing.
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Retail gas and diesel pricing information from the world’s leading source.
OPIS monitors over 3.5 million gasoline and diesel prices for nearly 140,000 outlets in North America and over 250,000 stations in 38 countries across Europe, South America, Japan, Mexico and Australia. Our database includes all retailer types, from major brands to regional independents to convenience store chains, as well as supermarkets and big-box stores.
Whether you’re looking for a file of station prices throughout the day, custom pricing and margin averages or historical retail data for trend analysis OPIS has the information you need. You can also access local retail gas station pricing for Mexico through the OPIS Mexico website. OPIS also provides retail diesel prices at over 6,000 truckstops across the U.S. and Canada.
All of our retail pricing products are available for a free trial or demo.
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Our RetailSuite of web-based solutions offer retailers, gas station owners/operators/managers, oil companies and investors detailed comparisons of station performance in real-time. These tools are easy to use and the live pricing they provide allow you to make strategic decisions faster and with more flexibility. Daily reports are also available in various formats.
- Know competing retailer’s gasoline and diesel prices. Maintain competitive prices with access to real-time gas station price changes with PricePro to determine if you need adjust your prices. The days of sending staff to drive around and manually note competitors’ prices are gone.
- We also offer a daily Retail Radius Report file with local retail gas and diesel prices sent directly to you.
- Track local competing retailer’s fuel volumes and sales. OPIS is the only source that produces a benchmark for retail station volumes. Discover and understand localized retail station sales trends, volume performance and profitability with DemandPro, an interactive online tool with sales data gathered directly from station operators.
- Or get weekly volumes sent to you in pdf format.
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What is a wholesale rack market?
“Rack” or “Wholesale” purchases are made along a fuel distribution system – usually a pipeline. Transactions are approximately 8,000 gallons and are made at 1,500 terminals in nearly 400 market locations across the U.S.
Companies that re-sell fuel (jobbers) as well as retailers or end users (e.g., trucking companies) pull fuel products from wholesale racks. Wholesale rack prices move up or down each day at 6pm, based on the movements of the volatile spot market. Intraday price moves and regional price swings are common.
Learn about our wholesale rack methodology.
Daily wholesale rack pricing for U.S. and international markets
OPIS U.S. wholesale gasoline and diesel rack pricing reports are independent resources to verify supplier prices, reconcile invoice discrepancies, negotiate better rack supply contracts and take advantage of buying/selling opportunities in the wholesale market. Supplier posted wholesale propane rack and contract pricing and biodiesel pricing are also available for U.S. markets.
Choose to receive daily wholesale rack prices through email, on the web or in real time. For advanced data solutions, Axxis Software provides extensive software automation for streamlining your wholesale business operations and pricing/invoicing.
International gasoline and diesel rack pricing is available for Mexico, Canada and Australia.
> > Download a visual example of how end-users can use OPIS wholesale rack prices in real-world context.
OPIS also provides exclusive market share data to provide insight on which wholesale suppliers have the most market share within main OPIS rack geographical areas.
Specialty rack reports for granular pricing insight
OPIS also offers an online tool for “as-needed” gasoline and diesel pricing as well specialty rack pricing reports for increased visibility into more granular pricing options when creating supply contracts:
- Invoice Checker is a low-cost option for pulling a specific day(s) rack prices from our online database.
- Bottom-line pricing for rack transactions conducted below the posted OPIS Rack Low.
- Adjust supply contracts for product shrinkage or expansion due to changes in temperature.
- Independently-calculated Low 2 and Low 3 average benchmark.
Looking for historical data? Please view our Price History products.
Be sure to take a look at our Wholesale Fuel Pricing Resources page for a complete collection of free content and information on wholesale rack reports and pricing.
What is a spot market?
“Spot” purchases refer to fuel that physically changes hands at a refinery gate or other major pricing hub for delivery on a pipeline or via barge or cargo. Deals are always done in bulk, typically 5,000 barrels (210,000 gallons) to 50,000 barrels (2.1 million gallons).
The spot market is a critical link in the price influence chain because it sets the basis for cost-plus formula deals between suppliers and end users. It also forms the rationale for wholesale fuel price moves every day at 6pm at wholesale racks across the U.S. – which then impacts price increases or decreases at the retail pump.
OPIS is the oil industry’s selected spot pricing benchmark
OPIS provides pricing for spot refined products, renewable fuels, LPG and refinery feedstocks. Oil, gas and fuel markets rely on OPIS as its spot benchmark for:
- U.S. West Coast refined products – our West Coast Spot Market report is the definitive recourse for daily gasoline, diesel and jet fuel prices. Real-time price changes are tracked and displayed live on the OPIS Spot Ticker.
- U.S. NGLs & LPG – spot prices for propane, butane, ethane and natural gasoline in the U.S. market are pegged to OPIS, making our prices essential for conducting business in U.S. LP markets.
- U.S. RINs and ethanol – daily ethanol and biofuels pricing, news and analysis informs of changes that influence pricing as well as regulatory and legislative developments. We also provide RINs and carbon credit prices for parties obligated under climate change legislation and the RFS2.
- Refinery feedstocks – International Feedstocks Intelligence Report is the key pricing source for VGO, naphtha and light cycle oil in international feedstocks markets.
- Petrochemicals – PetroChem Wire Daily report provides benchmark petrochemicals pricing and timely market information in a daily report. Stand-alone weekly reports are also available for ethylene, polyethelene, propylene and polypropylene.
OPIS’ robust price-discovery methodologies are in accordance with IOSCO (International Organization of Securities Commissions) Principles for Oil Price Reporting Agencies and with European Union Benchmark Regulation (BMR), with a continuous record of successful third-party audits of our adherence to these principles of transparency and objectivity.
