This pundit is immersed in oil data

Tom Kloza, chief analyst for the Oil Price Information Service, is the go-to guy for those who want to know why gasoline prices are soaring and where they’re heading.

When it comes to gasoline, Tom Kloza doesn’t feel your pain. He lives only about four miles from his office.

In fact, the price pressure at the pump is good for him. Crises are prime times for pundits, and no one knows that better than Kloza.


As chief analyst for the Oil Price Information Service, a business he helped found 28 years ago, Kloza has been in much demand lately as consumers grapple with gasoline bills that rival mortgage payments.

He’s been quoted from coast to coast by the likes of the Los Angeles Times, USA Today and the Wall Street Journal, providing an often sardonic and occasionally controversial view of why energy prices are as high as they are and where they might be headed.

On some days, Kloza said, “I’m in more papers than Sudoku.”

LA Times