CSP Magazine | January 2012

Rising to Fuel-Buying Challenges

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The past few years have been interesting ones for petroleum marketing and the downstream industry as a whole. The petroleum industry is historically slow to change, but a surprising number of things have changed and are continuing to evolve. Some has been forced by the U.S. and/or global economy, but much of the change is being driven by the need to grow or be more competitive. 

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