[thackney]

The 240,000-barrel-a-day plant is operating the fluid catalytic cracker, which processes vacuum gasoil into gasoline and lighter products, off of feedstock stored in tanks, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public. The refinery is also running one of two units at an Isomax hydrocracking complex at 60 percent capacity and the lube plant at low rates, the person said.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-08-08/chevron-said-to-cut-california-gasoline-production-after-fire

Not the whole nation, just the neighboring areas.

[Carry_Okie]

I was comparing California and Texas.

The price difference between Texas and California today is $0.40 per gallon.

It ain't all taxes.

Oregon and Washington are now using "special" formulations too, which is news to me, thank you.

[Carry_Okie]

BTW, per your new map, Oregon and Washington are now selling boutique gasoline too. In fact, there are MORE states now specifying boutique gasoline than your old map, this despite the absolute proof that it will raise local prices.

Why? Use of such formulations is pursuant to greenie lawsuits and EPA regulations "forcing" local air quality "attainment targets" set by a complicit Federal bureaucracy.

There is a reason the Environmental Grantmakers' Association was founded with Rockefeller money.