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Stubbornly high gas pump prices may seem like an unwelcome home guest staying in his home, come January.

Drivers in many States already pay at least $3 per gallon for regular and analysts don't expect any relief soon. This is because the crude oil has ranged between $83 and $89 per barrel since Thanksgiving.

The average national regular gasoline was $2.981 per gallon Monday, according to a survey by AAA, Wright Express and Oil Price information service. This is the same as last week and more than a penny over a month ago. A year ago the average was $2.59 per gallon.

Motorists in Washington, California, Hawaii, Illinois, and Maine are among the most 3.092 higher - price $ per gallon to $3.618 per gallon. Rocky Mountain, Texas and parts of the Midwest have cheaper gas, ranging from $2.738 per gallon to $2.827 per gallon.

A new study business management society PortiaGroup with data provided by OPIS finds the average U.S. household is spend about $ 305 000 gasoline December 14% last December and 76 per cent more than December 2008. Gasoline takes a bite of median income of households this year made Beaver: 7.4%, compared to 6.5% last year to 4.2% two years ago, says the study.

Energy Analyst Jim Ritterbusch estimates that the average national one gallon will typically range from $2.90 per gallon and $3.07 per gallon in February.

"We will see prices relatively high for some time here", he said. "We saw a stronger than expected economy and which tends to augur towards stronger price of gasoline, unfortunately, despite the fact that unemployment is still high."

Tom Kloza, editor and analyst oil Chief OPIS, expected the price to fall during the winter and then begin to climb once more. It provide price between $3.25 and $3.75 per gallon from March to may, preventing an unexpected world economic issue. Prices at the pump could rise above $4 per gallon again in some States for peak driving season if oil prices continue to climb.

Oil prices climbed again on Monday, as thirst China energy showed little sign of be tempered. Platts, the McGraw-Gill energy, said information demand for oil to China in November reached a record high of 9.3 million barrels per day.

Traders are also followed stock market indices on where the world economy can be directed to the new year. Stocks were slightly higher in the afternoon Monday trade. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost about 30 points.

Oil reference for January delivery rose from 79 cents to settle at $88.81 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Since contract expired Monday, many traders moved their efforts on the contract in February, where prices have increased 77 cents to settle at $89.37 per barrel.

In the other Nymex trading in January, contracts, heating oil added 1.58 cents to settle at $2.4895 a gallon gasoline futures gained 6 cents to settle at $2.3778 a gallon and gas acquired 17.1 cents to settle at $4.129 by 1,000 cubic feet.

In London, Brent crude rose $1.07 to settle at $92.74 per barrel on the ICE Futures Exchange.

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NEW YORK - Greater nation big consumer of fuel worldwide has its limits after all.

After seven decades of mostly uninterrupted growth, the essence of American demand is at the beginning of a long term decline. By 2030, American us be burn at least 20% less fuel than today's today, experts say, then even the millions of cars more clog roadways.

Thirst for gasoline in the country is shrinking as cars and trucks are becoming more efficient fuel, the Government expects the use of ethanol and people less car.

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"A combination of demographic and political change change means the heady days of growth to the United States gasoline is over", explains Daniel Yergin, President of IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates and author of a history of prize Pulitzer, the petroleum industry.

This is not the first time in the history of the United States that gasoline demand fell, at least temporarily. Generally, the pilot prune during recessions, then hit the road once, when the economy is on the upswing. Indeed, the great depression was the reason main demand has fallen sharply in 2008.

But this time looks different. Government officials and industry - including the CEO of Exxon Mobil - say the essence of American demand reached a peak for good. It has decreased for four consecutive years and will not reach the level of 2006 once again, even when the economy recovers completely.

Indeed, the ground was travel before the recession. The terrorist attacks of 2001, the war in Iraq, Hurricane Katrina and pump prices amounting to an average $3 per gallon, for the first time in a generation national boosted public debates on the effects of oil imports political and economic and climate change. In addition, the popularity of SUV has begun to decline and the Government began to require mixing ethanol made from corn in every gallon of gasoline refiners.

American are combustion by an average of 8.2 million barrels-344 million gallons - gasoline per day in 2010, a figure which excludes ethanol blended with gasoline. It is 8 per cent less than at the Summit 2006, according to government data.

The decline should accelerate for several reasons.

From the 2012 model year cars must reach a fuel economy targets at higher for the first time since 1990. Fleet of each manufacturer shall mean 30.1 mpg, 27.5 square. By the year 2016 model, this number should increase 35.5 mpg. And next year's departure, seen and vans, once classified as trucks, will be to passenger vehicle targets.The automotive industry is showing cars that run on electricity, or partially full and the Federal Government provides billions of dollars in grants to increase production and to stimulate the sales.By 2022, mixing fuel the country must include 36 billion litres of ethanol and other biofuels, place of 14 billion gallons in 2011. In other words, biofuels will account for about of all four litres sold the pump.Gasoline prices expected to remain high as the economies of Asia and the use of Middle East developing more oil.

There are demographic factors at work too. Baby boomers will govern the least in aging. The thrust of women enter the labour market and to commute over recent decades has stabilized. And the era of Americans never far from commuting distances seems to be more. A measure of vehicle kilometres travelled by a pilot licence holder, started to flatten in the middle of the last decade after years of strong growth.

"People madly underestimate the effect that it will"at the request of the essence,"" explains Paul Sankey, an analyst at Deutsche Bank. Sankey predicted by 2030 that America will use only 5.4 million barrels per day, the same as in 1969. Aaron Brady, CERA, analyst predicts a more modest decline, 6.6 million barrels per day.

As a result, families spend less fuel, dependence on foreign oil country will decline and heat-trapping emissions of carbon dioxide will increase more slowly.

Seen crossing began in 2004 and recorded on gasoline US $ 15 billion this year, according to the National Council of defence resources. By 2020, improved fuel economy is expected to reduce annual emissions of carbon dioxide from ￡ 400 billion, equivalent to 32 million cars from the road.

In reality, it will be over 27 million cars on the road - a total of 254 million - a decade from now, according to the projections of the Government.

Ecologists have been studying the trend with a mixture of disbelief and pleasure. A decade ago, they thought that demand will continue to grow from 1 to 2% per year in the future.

"Now you look at and, wow, we've actually bent the curve," says Roland Hwang, Director of transportation of the Natural Resources Defense Council.

There are scenarios, although likely little, pourraient temporarily jostling the long-term trend. If the U.S. economy booms and fall world oil prices, gasoline demand could increase.

"Sometimes what we think it's a structural change is really just a temporary phase", explains Antoine Halff, an analyst at the Newedge brokerage firm. "U.s. demand has bounced back with a vengeance before".

Certainly, America will continue to burn fuel more than any other country, in total and per capita, the coming decades. China is the second in total consumption, but despite its explosive growth, yet uses only half of what the United States uses. The Canada is the second of per capita consumption but is on its own path towards a more efficient economy fuel.

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Whereas the application of tiédie America global demand decreases, it will be more than offset by rapid growth of demand in China, India, the Middle East and Africa. Accordingly, declining u.s. gasoline demand bring more low prices at the pump.

Worldwide oil demand will hit a record 88.3 million barrels per day of the next year, according to the consulting firm Wood Mackenzie.

In simple terms, "we are in a period where the U.S. motorist is no longer the King of the road," says Yergin.

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Profits on a current cost of the basic supplies (CCS) was $3. 5bn (￡ 2 5.3), maximum of $3 a 2009, so below the. 4 $ 5bn made in the second quarter.

ConocoPhillips, the third largest oil company American said Wednesday that its quarterly profit more than doubled.

Shell and Conoco have helped increase 12pc gross price versus the third quarter of 2009, while prices of natural gas in the United States higher 29pc and British gas prices mean global refining doublé.Marges also increased.

Exxon Mobil industry leader is due to report its third quarter results later Thursday and analysts expected an increase in income net to $7 United 53pc.

Shell has also contributed to its rebound, with an increase of 5mC in the production of oil and gas during the quarter, compared to the same period in 2009, 3.1 million barrels oil equivalent per day (boepd), just prior forecast.

Earnings reflected also increased volumes of gas - liquid sales place 22pc 4.26 m tonnes for the same quarter a year, improved and higher dividends from LNG venture LNG prices realized.

However, the main outperformance relative to expectations was Shell refinery unit, where the underlying profits were about 50 percent higher than expected analysts.

Peter Voser, Chief Executive said Shell will continue to sell non-core assets, particularly in sales retail and refining and promised a "streamlining" Anglo-néerlandais active tight gas in the United States North American society.

Shell sharing 1. 1pc rose to ￡ 19.75 in the beginning the company jeudi.La trade held its dividend for the quarter to 42 cents per share, payable on December 17.

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