Every summer, there is some "problem" that strikes a Midwest refinery during the summer that sends gasoline prices skyrocketing. A pipeline leak here, a small mechanical problem there. If I were a collusion sort of guy, I'd think that there is something about the Chicago/Indiana refineries that wasn't quite Kosher.
Gas prices up 17 cents in biggest July jump since 2000
The Midwest is particularly pinched. Refinery woes in Indiana and Illinois have crimped output, propelling prices to as high as $4.29 a gallon in Chicago and to near $4 levels in several regions of the Rust Belt. [source]
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