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Refining Capacity Shortage

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp · 2026-09-18 · Importance 28 · Surprise 42

Flooding at an ExxonMobil refinery with reported capacity of 11 million gallons temporarily knocked the Midwest facility offline. The outage occurred while fuel markets from Chicago to Pittsburgh were described as stretched, indicating tighter regional gasoline supply. Prolonged downtime could increase regional gasoline price pressure and affect ExxonMobil’s Energy Products availability in the Midwest.

Key facts

• An 11 million-gallon ExxonMobil refinery in the Midwest went offline after a flooded pump knocked it out of service. source
• The outage at ExxonMobil's Midwest refinery has stretched fuel markets from Chicago to Pittsburgh. source