Cleveland, OH
Why the BP refinery fire is leading to increased gas prices
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – A BP refinery hearth close to Toledo final week killed two individuals and shut the location down. This shut down is beginning to, and could have widespread results on the gasoline costs all through the state.
In accordance with James Garrity with AAA East Central, gasoline costs round Ohio have seen will increase of round 20 cents over the past week alone. Garrity says this is because of a mix of things together with the BP refinery hearth. This fireplace disrupted the provision chain at a time the place the situations have already been strained.
AAA says that present costs needs to be seeing a lower because of the change to winter mix gasoline, which is cheaper, nevertheless as Hurricane Ian threatens parts of Florida, gasoline distribution will begin to see excessive difficulties. Add that to the shutdown of the refinery plant, and that results in larger costs.
AAA believes these larger costs won’t final lengthy, nevertheless it’s good to think about driving much less as a response to those jumps.
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