US WCoast Prods-SF gasoline spikes on malfunction

August 21st, 2009
AFP Journal Internet - HOUSTON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Wholesale gasoline spiked 9 cents per gallon in the San Francisco Bay market on Friday on news of a hydrocracking unit malfunction at Chevron Corp (NYSE: CVX - news) 's 245,271-barrel-per-day (bpd) Bay-area refinery in Richmond, California, said trade sources.