Late-season refinery issues ahead
of switch to winter gas cause squeeze
(September 11, 2023) DALLAS — Drivers in Oklahoma, Missouri, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota and Kansas — be ready. GasBuddy, a fuel savings platform for North American drivers, predicts that gas prices in these states will spike anywhere from 50¢ to $1 per gallon over the next several days. While there are few details on the particulars on what is driving the increase, trade sources tell GasBuddy a refinery outage may be to blame.