Will Sandy affect gasoline prices?
It might seem hard to believe, but some experts say an extreme drop in demand along the East Coast could decrease prices at the pump.
Just when gas prices were starting to calm down, along comes Sandy to throw the sector into rain-soaked turmoil.
Although some parts of the East Coast saw the price of gas spike over the weekend and Monday, it's very likely that Sandy will cause prices to fall. That's because no one wants to be out driving in the pouring rain and heavy wind, so demand will see a sudden and intense drop.
But there are a few more pieces to this puzzle. Fuel deliveries have also slowed to a crawl, which may cause some shortages. Also affecting supply are refinery closures along the East Coast. About 70% of the refiners in the region are expected to close, but Reuters reports that as checks begin, the biggest East Coast refiner in Philadelphia appears unharmed.
The Phillips 66 Bayway refinery in Linden, N.J. lost power late Monday. The No. 2 refinery on the East Coast had already shut down operations, Reuters reports. Power is expected to be restored within the next two days.
East Coast refineries don't produce much gasoline for the U.S. CBS News reports that the refineries contribute just 6.5% of the country's gas supply. In fact, the Northeast needs to bring in gas from the Midwest, the Gulf region and other countries to keep up with demand.
So the general consensus is that yes, supply will take a hit, but demand will likely take an even bigger hit.
The price of gas nationwide has fallen every day since Oct. 8, Bloomberg reports. The average price for a gallon Monday was $3.53, AAA reported, down 25 cents from a month ago.
"We were on a steady road toward cheaper U.S. gasoline prices nationwide," Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst at the Oil Price Information Service, told MarketWatch Monday. "Prices will resume a strong downward bias in November."
AAA says that gas prices are forecast to fall this week and through the Thanksgiving holiday, according to The Christian Science Monitor.
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Obama Curtails Drilling in Oil-Rich Alaskan Reserve
The Obama administration, citing environmental concerns, has banned drilling on half of the vast National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska in a move decried even by Alaska’s congressional delegation.
“The price of gasoline, which was $1.84 a gallon the day President Obama took office, has more than doubled since, willfully aided and abetted by an administration that claims we can't drill our way to energy independence as we ignore vast reserves of North American energy that dwarf OPEC's and we sit on 100 years' supply of petroleum,” Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) stated in an editorial.
The National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA), not to be confused with the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to the east, is a 23.5-million-acre, Indiana-sized tract on Alaska’s North Slope. It was established by President Harding in 1923 to ensure oil supplies for the U.S. Navy.
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MOST DON'T EXIST AND IF THEY DO DON'T WORK AND COST MORE AND
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