{"id":25047,"date":"2017-08-31T07:53:35","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T12:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=25047"},"modified":"2017-08-31T07:53:35","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T12:53:35","slug":"gasoline-prices-surge-after-colonial-pipeline-shutdown-east-coast-fuel-shortages-loom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=25047","title":{"rendered":"Gasoline Prices Surge After Colonial Pipeline Shutdown, East Coast Fuel Shortages Loom"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-08-31\/front-month-rbob-tops-2-after-colonial-pipeline-shutdown\">Gasoline Prices Surge After Colonial Pipeline Shutdown, East Coast Fuel Shortages Loom<\/a><\/h3>\n<section class=\"messages-holder\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"node node-type-story node-full node-nid-602643 ads-injected\">\n<div class=\"sub-title-box\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<p><strong>Gasoline prices have exploded higher once again this morning<\/strong> &#8211; topping the Maginot Line of $2.00 for the first time since July 2015 &#8211; following reports that the<strong> main conduit for fuel from the Gulf to the East Coast has been shut due to Hurricane Harvey<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Motor fuel prices climbed as much as 6.6 percent in New York, advancing for an eighth session, while crude oil was little changed.\u00a0<strong>Harvey\u00a0has shuttered about 23 percent of\u00a0U.S. refining capacity<\/strong>, potentially cutting fuel-making ability to the lowest level since 2008 and <strong>depriving the Colonial Pipeline of supplies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Its operator was forced to shut the main diesel line late Wednesday and planned to halt its gasoline line Thursday, <strong>meaning motorists from\u00a0Maine to Florida\u00a0may soon see higher prices at the pump.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\":l1.co\">\n<p title=\"August 31, 2017 at 5:00:10 AM UTC-7\"><span id=\":l6.co\" dir=\"ltr\">Colonial, which is the<strong> biggest single fuel transporter in the US, shipping more than 2.5m barrels a day on its line &#8211; or roughly one in every eight barrels of fuel consumed in the country <\/strong>&#8211; said in a statement late on Wednesday that its line carrying diesel and jet fuel would shut on Wednesday evening, followed by its gasoline pipe on Thursday. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p title=\"August 31, 2017 at 5:00:10 AM UTC-7\"><span dir=\"ltr\">And that sent front-month RBOB above $2&#8230;<\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ic-insert\">\n<div id=\"tl_caption\">\n<div id=\"cell\">\n<div>\n<p>Do you ever have questions about when the right time to enter or exit a market is? 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