AAA Forecasts Hurricane Harvey to Impact Gas Prices
August 25, 2017
Washington, D.C. – As it bears down on the Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Harvey has high potential to negatively affect five southern Texas coast refineries and condensate splitter as well as crude and gasoline inventory levels in the region and beyond. The National Weather Service’s (NWS) National Hurricane Center (NHC) expects Harvey to approach the southern Texas coast on Friday.
Additionally, the Government of Mexico has issued a tropical storm watch for the area south of the mouth of the Rio Grande to Boca de Catan.
AAA says that all five refineries in the Corpus Christi area are likely to be shuttered as a precaution because of the incoming storm.
