March 20, 2026–Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)–BP locked out union members at its refinery in Whiting, Indiana, on Thursday. That could add to problems at the pump stemming from war raging in the Middle East.
U.S. retail gasoline prices are as high as they were in summer 2022, when global energy markets were upended by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and ongoing labor action at one of the nation’s largest refineries could make matters worse.
