The logo of British multinational oil and gas company BP is displayed at their booth during the LNG 2023 energy trade show in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 12, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo Purchase Licensing RightsBP's (BP.L), opens new tab 435,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Whiting, Indiana, refinery has returned to normal operations for the first time since a February plantwide power outage, a company spokesperson said on Monday.
Gasoline prices in the Chicago-area climbed by at least 20 cents a gallon in the days following the Feb. 1 power outage at the Whiting plant, the largest refinery in the U.S. Midwest.
"The Whiting Refinery is back to normal operations," company spokesperson Christina Audisho said in a emailed statement.
