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There have been ongoing refinery outages all across the country that are causing significant production delays. With people tending to drive more during the summer and taking advantage of relatively cheap gas prices, demand is hovering above average. Companies have been pushing refineries hard this past year taking advantage of the increased demand, which has led to lots of fires and mechanical/equipment failures. This has caused the price of gas around major urban centers like Chicago to shoot back up.

Edit: redundancy.