Interesting that 12 refineries all schedule maintenance at just the time when demand goes up for the summer.  The BP refinery being hit by fire, well, things happen.  mcneely

---- JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Supposedly some refineries on the west coast are down for scheduled
> maintenance, thus affecting fuel availability. Add demand to that and
> you get high gas prices. Wouldn't surprise me if manipulation of prices
> didn't figure into the whole scheme - but then again, maybe not. Could
> be just local supply vs demand at work.
>
> John
>
> On 5/18/2012 12:31 PM, Rob wrote:
> > On the way home from work last night I stopped for gas, had $13 in my
> > wallet. That put 3 gallons in my bus @ $4.259 ea...
> > Sad times but still glad gas is available.
> >
> >
> >
> > Rob
> >
> > becida@comcast.net
> > Western Washington State, USA
> > .
> >

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David McNeely