They say it is because two refineries in the Chytcago region are "down for maintenance"...They are not saying why this is needed or even why both have to be down at the same time.
Now, I can ascribe all manner of theories and such but lets just cut to the chase here...They are lying to us...not about the shutdowns, but the reasons behind them...we all know (or should know) our refineries are aging and we have not built any new ones for, what, 40 years? I suspect there are breakdowns occuring more and more often, and that since the libiots in general and Obama Regime in particular hate oil with a passion that the news of more and more breakdowns in our aging refineries is being deliberately downplayed in order to keep public pressure from pushing Congress to fund new refinery capacity.
And our weak pant-pissing Pubbies are too stupid to proactively fight for us...so...get used to higher prices! (I am hearing through Memorial Day, possibly Independence Day...nice how They know all that, but nothing else...eh?!)