Gas Prices Climb Going Into Labor Day Weekend

You've probably noticed Gas Prices have jumped twenty cents in the last day. Average prices in...  More »

You've probably noticed Gas Prices have jumped twenty cents in the last day. Average prices in Bismarck and Minot are around three-dollars-24-cents a gallon. State officials say the rise in gas prices right now is due to gas shortages. But something is being done about this. Governor Hoeven says the Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to allow early imports of Canadian gasoline to help remedy tight fuel supplies. Hoeven says the move will allow North Dakota fuel dealers access to more than two (M) million gallons of Canadian gas during the next few days. The governor says the supply is meant to help stations get through the Labor Day weekend when there's a lot of travel. But Hoeven says the Canadian fuel can normally be imported starting September 16th. He says the E-P-A waiver makes it available about 20 days earlier than normal. The governor says Tesoro's Mandan refinery has also agreed to shift more of its fuel from out-of-state markets to North Dakota. And Montana's Cenex refinery is shipping more fuel for the weekend into Minot. Magellan Pipeline officials say more fuel is expected to be delivered to the Fargo area in the next several days.  « Less