1.   At the same time, some refinery shutdowns in the Midwest have sent prices there surging about a quarter per gallon.

2.   Conoco Inc. and Marathon Oil Co. also had refinery shutdowns recently.

3.   Demand for crude within Europe is lower than normal due to annual refinery maintenance shutdowns, which many U.S. refineries have already completed.

4.   Gasoline prices rose as a spate of refinery shutdowns threatens to reduce production.

5.   New York traders, fearing the refinery shutdown would tighten supplies even more, bid up the price of future deliveries of gasoline.

6.   Oil and commodity prices could fall in the days ahead amid refinery shutdowns and slack demand for heating oil and gasoline.

7.   Prices at the pump rose sharply earlier this summer as refinery shutdowns reduced supplies.

8.   Prices have been rising as refinery shutdowns have spurred fears that stockpiles, even with the recent rise, will not be sufficient to meet peak summer demand.

9.   The American Petroleum Institute is expected to report after the markets close that U.S. refiners processed less crude oil last week because of refinery shutdowns.

10.   The Blue Mound refinery shutdown was one.