Californians could pay nearly a dollar more per gallon for gas thanks to a massive fire at a Chevron oil refinery in El Segundo, California .

Patrick De Haan, an energy analyst with GasBuddy, said on X that the fire could raise gas prices by nearly a dollar per gallon on the West Coast.

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“This is likely to be a significant problem and potentially for months or more,” De Haan wrote on Friday. “This refinery can handle nearly 300kbpd of crude oil and is the largest refinery on the west coast. Preliminary *guess* is #gasprices could rise 35-95c/gal

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