[flynmudd]

Oil prices are controlled by the free market. End of story.

[mountainlyons]

A small refinery would not make enough money to keep up with Californica's EPA requirements. Why doesn't a Californian buy the "bargain" refinery? A $1B EPA scrubber I would bet.

[kerryusama04]

Oil prices are controlled by the free market. End of story.

Well, except for the subsidies and the environmental nazis stopping drilling through the government and the courts, then, yeah, it's a free market.