Posted on 09/25/2008 5:23:36 AM PDT by thackney
Mexico's state oil company says it is temporarily reducing oil production because U.S. refineries damaged by Hurricane Ike have canceled shipment orders.
Petróleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, says it has lowered its daily output by 250,000 barrels a day. But the company said this week that it expects production to be back to normal by week's end.
Pemex produced an average of 2.75 million barrels a day in August, the latest available output figure.
Hurricane Ike shut down or reduced work at more than a dozen refineries on the Gulf Coast of Texas.
Seven of those refineries process crude oil from Mexico.
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
How many are having major gas shortages?
It was bad here last week, compounded by multiple problems including no power to pump the gasoline.
Gasoline picture improves
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/energy/6010460.html
More stations open, but some quickly run dry
Sept. 18, 2008
Shortages are being reported in Atlanta and some other areas.
This Week In Petroleum {lowest gasoline stock level in 40 years}
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089437/posts
Gas Supplies Still Tight Across Metro Atlanta
http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=121591&catid=3
9/25/2008
Southeastern US sees widespread gas shortages
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-gas24-2008sep24,0,7217140.story
September 24, 2008
I live in western NC and it is really bad.
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