[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

You don't say? Odd how the gas prices around me jump whether there's a refinery issue or price per barrel issue.

Refinery capacity is the bottleneck--we're now importing gasoline because we don't have enough refinery capacity to meet our own requirements.

They are both a problem but cheaper costs per barrel will have an immediate impact on the price of a gallon of gas at the pump.

Not much of an impact relative to building a new, modern refinery facility in California, say.

[Bikers4Bush]

So if refining capacity is truly the bottleneck then why are the gas prices rising along with the cost of a barrel of oil?