Refinery execs in Oklahoma and Kansas must have thought they'd died and gone to heaven. By the end of April, unleaded gasoline produced at their plants was selling for $100/barrel, some $34/bbl above the benchmark price of West Texas Intermediate crude. Normally, they wouldn't and couldn't expect it to last - spot gasoline markets are notorious for following that old Sinatra refrain, "riding high in April, shot down in May."
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