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- Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 07:26:18 GMT
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Just before noon Friday, lightning struck the Wynnewood Oil Refinery in Garvin county. Officials say it hit a large storage tank holding 25,000 barrels of light oil, sparking a large explosion. KTEN's Andrea Kurys was on the scene.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol officials say two storms hit Wynnewood in less than an hour. Though they were small, they both produced giant lightning bolts............................
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Denver running on empty
Low inventory likely to push gas past $3 a gallon
Dennis Schroeder © The Rocky
Marion Bolson pumps gas Thursday at the Conoco station at South University Boulevard and East Exposition Avenue where the price for regular had hit $2.99 a gallon. Prices are likely to go higher because of low supplies heading into the summer driving season.
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By Gargi Chakrabarty, Rocky Mountain News
April 27, 2007
Denver is seeing a severe crunch in gasoline supply, and pump prices likely will top $3 a gallon in the coming days, industry sources said.
Oil refinery problems in Texas and Oklahoma - which supply Colorado with gasoline through pipelines - are the root cause of the shortage. And the situation is being exacerbated by rising demand ahead of the busy summer driving season.
Pump prices could move toward $4 a gallon this summer if an event such as a severe hurricane or political crisis in an oil-producing nation further squeezes already tight gasoline supplies, analysts said.
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