Maybe this is why gas prices shot up recently? Also, would a B.P. strike even affect supply (let alone price) in TX?
AFAIK, B.P./American Oil/StdIndiana have no service stations in TX...
What about Shell, are they in TX?
BP sold/closed all their retail gas stations a while back - but they still supply gasoline to independents and sell fuel wholesale.
All the refineries except one in California were kept running by other staff working overtime.
Rarely are brands of service stations tied to the brand of refineries. Essentially all refineries produce generic gasoline and/or the blending components for terminals to make the local required recipe. As the trucks load from the terminals, the correct brand of additives is squirted in.
It is common for competing name-brand service stations to get their gasoline from the same refinery with only the squirt of additives being different.