(news nation) — Many gas stations in West Florida are out of gas, and replenishment won't happen overnight even after Hurricane Milton passes, experts who track gas prices across the country said. .
“Nearly a quarter of Florida's gas stations are out of gas,” said Patrick de Haan, the institute's petroleum analyst director. Gasoline analysis site GasBuddy. “In Tampa…63 percent of the gas stations right now don't have gas,” he told NewsNation's CUOMO.
DeHaan said it could take days or even two or three weeks for all gas stations in West Florida to be full once the storm passes.
“These obstacles are not going to magically resolve themselves. There are still many complications from this storm.”
He said these complex issues involve major gasoline inlets for much of Florida's Gulf Coast.
“A lot of it will depend on the situation.” port of tampa and port manatee. “There is potential damage,” De Haan told host Chris Cuomo. We will need to investigate whether this is possible.”
Elsewhere in the U.S., gas prices are starting to stabilize after four years of ups and downs that began with a sharp drop in demand due to the coronavirus pandemic and a spike in demand during the first months of the Russia-Ukraine war, he said. he added.
“As the years go by, we are starting to see a bit of normalcy creeping in,” De Haan said.
“The United States continues to produce record levels of crude oil,” he added. “The United States remains the world's largest energy producer, which is one reason gasoline prices are approaching what many Americans consider normal.”
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