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Originally Posted by earlbrown

In this case it's not the oil/barrel price that's causing the high pump prices. It's the loss of refining capacity. (on top of gas stations trying to make some money off of existing ground inventories I'm sure as well).
Since maximum capacity is what it takes to meet normal demand, any snafu will cause supply to drop below demand. It happens every time the refinery's need to do a change over even without natural disasters.