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Marathon Petroleum is leveraging strong refining margins, domestic crude sourcing and strategic upgrades to strengthen profitability as fuel markets stay tight.
Marathon Petroleum is leveraging strong refining margins, domestic crude sourcing and strategic upgrades to strengthen profitability as fuel markets stay tight.
Refinery stocks like Marathon Petroleum and Valero have delivered gains that crush the S&P 500 this year, and crude oil prices have almost nothing to do with it. One obscure industry metric explains everything, and most investors have never heard of it.
The latest trading day saw Marathon Petroleum (MPC) settling at $303.4, representing a +2.2% change from its previous close.
BP and Shell shares have staged a strong comeback this week, helped by rising crude oil prices. BP jumped to 505p, its highest point since June 22, and 12.2% above its lowest level this year.
The Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq are all firmly in the red today as geopolitical tensions merge with semiconductor weakness
The US-Iran ceasefire is fracturing, Brent is climbing, and energy stocks are repricing fast. Whether this is a temporary spike or the beginning of a sustained oil shock will reshape the Fed's next move and every duration-sensitive position in your portfolio.
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Veteran energy analyst Paul Sankey, president of Sankey Research, said in a July 9, 2026, CNBC interview that he believes crude oil is no longer the biggest constraint on the energy system. Instead, the real bottleneck sits in U.S. refining capacity, where limited supply continues to keep gasoline prices elevated even as crude prices remain well below... Veteran Energy Analyst: "Crude Oil Is Not the Problem." Here's What's Keeping Gas Prices High.