Oil Prices Down/Calif Gas Prices Way Up

The giant spike in California gas prices this week is due to, "heavier than normal routine refinery maintenance"? What, each independently owned and operated refinery on the west coast experiences heavier than anticipated maintenance at the same time? Are you kidding me?
http://www.the-signal.com/section/36/article/65395/
This is oil company horse----

The maintenance consists, in large part, of switching over from winter formulations to summer formulations. So, yes, there is a lot at the same time.

Alex

david goldman said:

I found gas @ $3.71 per gallon here in the midwest the other day....
You go figure.

Midwest gas prices have nothing to do with California gas prices so your point is?

Rod Kaufman said:

The giant spike in California gas prices this week is due to, "heavier than normal routine refinery maintenance"? What, each independently owned and operated refinery on the west coast experiences heavier than anticipated maintenance at the same time? Are you kidding me?
http://www.the-signal.com/section/36/article/65395/
This is oil company horse----

And the reason to keep CA gas prices high, but not the rest of the country, is?

david goldman said:

I found gas @ $3.71 per gallon here in the midwest the other day....
You go figure.

And here in Lubbock TX it is $3.25 today. (What REALLY worries me is that we think this is cheap!! 8O )