West Coast to Feel the Pain of High Gas Prices

An oil industry analyst predicts that even if gasoline supplies and prices ease off in the rest of the nation this summer, the West won’t be so lucky. Regular gasoline is at $3.285 a gallon in the region, according to AAA, less than 10 cents below last May’s all-time record of $3.38.

Prices in California, driven upward by a shortage of refining capacity, remain more than 50 cents above the U.S. average, according to Tom Kloza, a founder and now publisher of the influential Oil Price Information Service.

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