Flooding, refinery outages push gasoline prices higher in U.S. West

News Wires — Severe flooding in the U.S. Midwest this season has had ripple effects for drivers further west, as washed-out rail lines disrupted ethanol supply, causing spikes in gasoline prices and even forcing some retail stations to shut down. Ethanol producers in flood-ravaged states have had trouble getting their product to markets over the […] More »