By: Isabelle Puente

Whether you’ve watched the news or not, you’re sure to have heard of the recent surge in oil and gas prices somewhere. Oil companies across the U.S. have heard the uproar of the public
regarding these prices and when they’ll be able to see them go down.

Talk-N-West Tennessee was able to coordinate an interview with Kevin Dye, the regional account manager, from Sayle Oil Company. Located at 540 E. Chester Street in Jackson, Tennessee, Sayle Oil is one of the most used companies in Jackson. The company generally sells and delivers bulk fuel, bulk and packaged oil and hydraulic fluid to their customers.

Thankfully, with the recent surge in oil and fuel prices Sayle has not seen much decline in their
customers.

“Usually when the prices increase, everybody tries to beat that by ordering before the price
increases go up”, Dye said.

As for the increase in prices, Dye said they’re not able to give people a timeline of when they
will go down. Sayle Oil doesn’t like to see these increases as much as the next person but they
are unfortunately kept in the dark with the general population.

What many people might not know is even the weather affects how these oil companies work. If you’re a Tennessee resident, you might have heard at some point that Tennessee is a large Agriculture state.

Several of Sayles customers are farmers in West Tennessee that have been greatly affected by the large amounts of rain we’ve had which then affects Sayle due to the low demand of fuel from them.

Sayle Oil company has been opened for 78 years now with six different plants across
Mississippi, Tennessee and Missouri.

(PHOTO: Kevin Dye, Sayle Oil Regional Account manager – courtesy Isabelle Puente)