Washington-While the September 14 attacks on Saudi crude oil facilities caused oil prices to quickly rise, pushing Brent crude futures up initially about 20%, average retail gasoline prices took about four days to climb 10 cents/gal, an increase of 4%, before leveling off at about $2.66/ gal, where they remain today, according to US auto club AAA. The impact of the crude oil price spike on US gasoline prices may have been record quick, new data suggests.
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