[bwilson4web]

http://www.reuters.com/article/marke...30285820090518

. . . "Some production has been shut in" at the 178,000 barrel per day (bpd) refinery on the Pennsylvania-Delaware border near Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, Sunoco spokesman Thomas Golembeski said. The ethylene plant is shut.

http://www.eia.doe.gov/basics/quickoil.html

. . .
U.S. Motor Gasoline Consumption 9,286,000 barrels/day (390 million gallons/day)
. . .

So a public announcement of a worst-case, 2% drop in gasoline production will cause how much of a price increase? The experiment begins just in time for the Memorial Day weekend.

Bob Wilson

[suchham]

Price here Parkersburg, WV jumped from 2.35 to 2.55 today. Will it increase again before Friday for the oil companies normal Memorial Day spike?