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Wholesale gasoline prices in Los Angeles jumped as much
as seven cents a gallon after three small fires shut the coker at Royal
Dutch/Shell's 100,000 barrel per day refinery in Wilmington on Tuesday,
traders said. The fire sent L.A. CARBOB blend gasoline up to $1.34/$1.35
per gallon, from $1.27/$1.28 per gallon on Monday, traders said. Shell
spokeswoman said that the three small fires in the delayed coking unit
had been extinguished by Tuesday afternoon and an investigation into their
cause was underway.
The unit was not operating "at full capacity" and it was
too early to tell how much production had been affected, the spokewoman
said. It was also too early to tell when the unit would be fully working
again, she said. Shell said that "all unaffected units continue
to operate." |
