- this is a record, although reluctantly. Gasoline prices $4.6140 a gallon in California all the time average high on Saturday, the fuel supply reduce and market fluctuation.
Record is a penny a small part, according to AAA spokesman Michael green. Previous high $4.6096, on June 19, 2008.
The whole country's price is expected to increase by a few days ago tend to be stable, the temporary reduction of the supply, causing the skyrocketing, see smoke in close pump in some other areas and station owners pay per gallon $5 or more people driving.
AAA daily fuel meter day report said,, the entire California ordinary unleaded gasoline for the average price of a gallon for 12 cents, to $4.49 on Friday trademark.
Saturday's price is the highest, and the golden state great-leap-forward Hawaii and the state of the most expensive fuel. The California a gallon of ordinary unleaded gasoline average price of 47 cents, more than a week ago, according to AAA report.
She said: "I seriously think this is a wrong symbol, we parked the car by the" 34, Garcia, in near Los Angeles highland park, but made her Honda accord, chevron station. She paid the construction of $4.65 a gallon, and said, she can't afford to fill their tanks all the way.
When supply decreased, wholesale prices. Then, distributors and station owner must pay more efforts to fill they stood tanks. Then, they according to how much they pay their current inventory, they think they will have to pay for their next shipment how many, and their competitors are many charging, raise their prices.
The national average (Saturday) is about $3.81 a gallon, the highest ever for this time of year. However, in many other countries natural gas prices have started to drop, this is typical of October.
When the power is the sharp surge, Monday in southern California refineries already fragile and the markets has decreased, analysts said, but oil refinery back online next week on Friday and is expected to price stabilises.
Senior oil analysts Patrick John dean, GasBuddy.com, prediction of the average price may reach peak of $4.85.
"There are some signs of ease, but may not be a day or two. Next week at first we may see some of the more important decline, but in the retail price, the price may be in the next two to three days, began to climb down," he said.
Although the price is higher is everywhere California, have differences on Saturday. Odd elder brother have the lowest average price of $4.46, according to AAA,, and st. Louis - AoBiSiBo is the highest, about $4.71. The average price for 4.67 San Diego, $4.66 in Los Angeles area, Fresno in California $4.55 and $4.49 in Sacramento.
Diesel prices has also increased, add significant costs for the truck driver usually in their tanks into hundreds of millions of dollars in fuel. It has become so bad, some truck drivers may completely stop driving, California truck association and its members will be 80% of the goods in California on the road of the annual spokesman Michael shaw said.
"The price fluctuation and rapid growth, making it difficult to plan ahead and take a new contract," he said. "This is in this kind of environment is difficult to operate."
Analysts say, oil refineries and transmission problem is a network to blame. The situation is more complex, need special recipe clean combustion gasoline from April to October California pollution act, Denton Cinquegrana said, the oil price information service, which helps to AAA compiling its price survey of executive editor.
"Cinquegrana said," we use the phrase "the perfect storm", you know, this let the other those perfect storm looks like a drizzle. I don't want to frighten people, but this is a big problem." Running is happening to the left and to the right. "
In the recent interrupt, August 6, in chevron oil refinery in Richmond fire, killing the region's largest oil refinery production ability is reduced, and chevron oil pipeline, moved to northern California also be closed.
, but there is some good news.
Exxon mobil, the company said in a California Torrance refinery resume normal operation, on Monday in power production interruption week. Refinery back online state officials said, the price began to fall.
However, in California's gasoline inventory is still in its lowest level for more than 10 years, this kind of situation become more serious, the special summer gasoline hybrid task. "Very few refinery outside of the country can put it, this means that there are some external resources to help draw, Cinquegrana said.
The California air resources board under review requirements California independent oil marketing association for immunity, make the gas station began to sales before Halloween winter mix gasoline.
Some station ran out of gas and closed, rather than taking the purchase natural gas prices can be seen everywhere, the high cost of fuel prices or if the customer refused to absorb the extra cost will be passed to them and was hung up risk.
Mark Mitchell, Shared coast oil fuel distribution in California's SAN jose, tell the San Francisco chronicle "gas station, he is not closed, although some station owner discussed it. When the spot price reached its peak, the television station need to charge $4.89, balance," he said.
"We get gas - it just what kind of price?" Mitchell told our reporter. "You are not going to sell much, it will rise within a day for 40 cents."




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