Who’s Impacted By Pipeline explosion?
PRINCE GEORGE – Operations from here to California are feeling the pinch of the Enbridge pipeline explosion. In the Lower Mainland, they are sounding the alarm over an anticipated spike in gas prices, perhaps as high as $161.9/litre.
That’s because the pipeline supplied three of four refineries in Washington State.
“Most refineries run on natural gas” explains Dan McTeague with gas buddy.com. “They use that to process oil and make higher value-added goods. Things like diesel, gasoline and even chemicals in plastics.”
Those Washington State refineries, in turn, supply the Lower Mainland with gasoline, jet fuel and diesel.
“That means that Lower Mainland, Vancouver, Vancouver Island, the state of Oregon, Washington and perhaps even California are affected by this. Thankfully, in Prince George and pretty much Central Interior BC, most of the price signals and supply, if it isn’t coming from the Husky refinery, it’s coming from Edmonton. So, Prince George is not affected by this and, indeed, prices will continue to actually drop dramatically in the rest of BC over the next 24 to 48 hours.”