The nation’s economic downturn has trickled down to the fleet managers of the world. Fuel budgets are being lowered, and business seems to have almost come to a screeching halt for most trucking companies compared to what once was.

Fuel Mangement tested daily with fleet fuel games!

When it comes to fuel management, looking at your past sometimes (not always) helps to predict what the future might bring. Let’s look back two years ago and compare it with today. The fuel prices from August 2007 are very similar to what they are today. Would that really tell you the whole story?

Are we going to see a thumbs up and they will keep fuel production the same. Thumbs down and fuel production is cut which will probably lead to higher fleet fuel prices at the pump.

With a DOE report today that showed Benign U.S. Supply Data, the price of fuel remained flat. Flat Fuel? Fuel going flat? Fuel going higher? The problem is fuel just does not know what to do with itself.

There is a whole lot of fleet fuel and gas in the market place. This will make fuel planning a little easier. Based on the DOE update, crude stocks are now some 38 million bbls, or 11%, above year-ago levels and are “above the upper boundary of the average range for this time of year,” according to DOE. With your

Is Your Fuel Program solid? How is Your Fuel Planning? Today’s latest and greatest on fleet fuel came out. Would you believe if I told you:

Fuel Consulting maybe, Fuel Management you’d better.

Last Year’s Diesel-Price Nightmare Teaches Fleets to Diversify Options in Buying Strategies to Cut Costs

Fuel Management Statements in today’s news and our comments to them in Bold Oil prices held above $67 a barrel Friday, adding to gains made overnight, as world stock markets rallied on signs of improvement in the U.S. economy.