Ida Is Making Labor Day Gasoline Most Expensive Since 2014
- Jump to $3.18 a gallon seen ahead of traditional end of summer
- Refining hub left in the dark; top fuel pipeline halts for day
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Hurricane Ida’s blow to the oil industry is probably making this Labor Day the most expensive for U.S. drivers since 2014.
The storm left parts of the country’s Gulf Coast oil-refining hub in the dark and, for a day, it halted flows on the main pipeline that ships the gasoline made there to East Coast markets.