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But there was no real reason to question it because it's happened before. a chevron refinery in california caught fire in 1989. flames shot 100 feet in the air. seven people were injured. . gas prices spiked right away and people blamed the fire. the fire slowed supplies to retailers by 25%. gas prices in california went up. refinery goes down, prices go up. march 1999, same refinery. another huge explosion. it was the second refinery fire in the state that month. you guessed it. after that, gas prices went up in california. of course, they did. just this past august, same refinery in californ...

And maintenance issues. >> repairs and maintenance issues at the refineries. so crude oil prices are down, plenty of gas in the inventories, but the refineries california refineries were not working at capacity because of repairs and maintenance issues and so california was getting a giant price spike. the biggest gasoline market in the nation had its prices going way up. down everywhere else, but up in california. that's what we were told. refineries. but there was no real reason to question it because it's happened before. a chevron refinery in california caught fire in 1989. flames shot 100...

Pipeline shut downs because of isaac and a refinery fire are partly to blame. >>heather: president obama campaigning in a battle ground state ahead of the democrat national convention this week. he spoke in colorado where he is hoping to convince voters to give him another four years. white house correspondent ed henry is live with the latest from colorado. ed? >>reporter: the president had a large proud here, 13,000 people, on the campus of the university of colorado in order to try to get the message out and give us a preview of themes for the democratic convention in charlotte. i ran into a...

What a jump at the pump. isaac gets some of the blame, prices rising 11 cents since august 22, when the forecasters said the storm could move to the oil rigs and refinery-rich gulf. but the last two months have been tough overall. in august, national average gas prices up 31 cents or 9% a gallon, following the biggest price increase in july, a record. there was a perfect storm of sorts to whip up the prices, isaac, of course, brought on precautionary refinery closures before the hurricane hit. not much damage from the storm. but it takes time to restart them. and two non-hurricane-related mid-...

Rigs, refineries, even a critical pipeline shut down. cnbc's scott cohen is there. >> the good news is it appears there's been no damage to the oil rigs offshore or refineries along the coast. the issue now is getting them back up and running. the longer that takes, the higher prices could go. >> reporter: and there was also a ruptured pipeline in wisconsin, a refinery fire in california, an expensive summer gasoline blend. gasoline prices aren't expected to stay this high. >> between thanksgiving and christmas, the national average may drop to the mid $3 range. and certainly some areas could ...