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06-07-13 | 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by PedalingFool

There's a refinery down that's supposedly making the prices in the Midwest higher...
Supposed to be down all summer too... how convenient.

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Originally Posted by no1mad

There's like a half dozen that are either in the process of coming back online or going offline for PM. Local media ran a story about the Holly refinery in Tulsa that needs to go offline for PM and prices at the pump jumped roughly 50 cents in about as many hours.

Do a search on reserve refinery capacity, there isn't much if any in the US. I have some friends that work at refineries and IIRC there has not been a new one built in many years, demand increases but the ability to meet that demand doesn't.

Aaron

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