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safeinOhio

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5. It jumped 20 here in Ohio too.

Reply to badtoworse (Reply #3)

Tue May 15, 2012, 11:05 AM

May 2012

Here is some proof that one big oil company, Marathon, who owns Speedway are the blame for large spikes in local gas prices. Like clock work, the price jumps 20 or 30 cents at every gas station in town in one day. Then over the next 2 or 3 weeks it goes down a penny every day or two.

http://www.thegasgame.com/speedway-effect/

It looks like other gas distributers are adopting Marathons successful strategy.

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West Coast Spike In Gas Prices Tied To Refineries [View all] warrior1 May 2012 OP

Refineries do maintenance on a regular basis and I've noticed it tends to be JDPriestly May 2012 #1

The formulas also change seasonally. Nuclear Unicorn May 2012 #2

...and they are different for different parts of the country. badtoworse May 2012 #3

It jumped 20 here in Ohio too. safeinOhio May 2012 #5

They also have to change over to making "summer gas", especially for California FarCenter May 2012 #4

I live in Washington state Andy823 May 2012 #6