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Refinery Strikes May Lead to Market Disruptions

Gasoline Prices Continue Edging Up As if the dwindling rig counts, record inventories and falling temperatures weren’t enough for the oil and gas industry, another complication is arising at the tail-end of the system. Strikes spearheaded by the United Steelworkers Union (USW) increased on February 23, 2015, and now consists of a total of 15 facilities, including 12 refineries. The

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Refineries, Gasoline Prices Experiencing the Silver Lining of Commodity Environment

United States refineries are running at utilization rates well above 90%, but don’t count them as part of the oil and gas industry being squeezed in the current commodity market. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) still expects domestic production to increase in 2015 (albeit, at slightly lower numbers than before), and refiners are prepared to take advantage of margins that