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As Hurricane Katrina pummeled the nation's Southeastern coast Monday, economists worried that disruptions at several Northern California oil refineries could take a much greater toll on consumer gasoline prices.
A fire last week at a Tesoro Corp. oil refinery in Martinez and planned maintenance and setbacks at other refineries have sharply reduced the amount of gasoline available to the state's retail gas stations.See the full content of this document
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Hurricane Could Affect Socal
And although the incidents have not yet hit consumers, wholesale price increases portend prices as much as 13 cents higher, said Rob Schlichting,...
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