As a flotilla of gasoline tankers steams across the Atlantic Ocean to the U.S., European motorists are paying more for their gasoline because Americans are driving more than ever. Surging demand and rising prices for gasoline in the U.S. are luring about double the number of tankers compared with 2014, boosting shipping rates to the highest seasonal levels in seven years. With so much being exported, fuel prices in Europe have increased almost four times faster than crude since February to the equivalent of more than $6 a gallon. The flotilla underscores the rising thirst for fuel after oil prices fell by half since June 2014 and the U.S. economy improved. Americans are driving record miles, raising consumption of gasoline and profit margins for refiners. The International Energy Agency said global oil demand is expected to increase 1.5 percent this year, the most since 2010. “There’s cheap crude and […]