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Article: Back-to-back: recap of events following Category 4 and Category 3 disasters in the Gulf Coast.
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- National Petroleum News
- Article date:
- November 1, 2005
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IT'S BEEN JUST OVER TWO MONTHS SINCE HURRICANE KATRINA, who was followed four weeks later by her slightly-less-destructive sibling Rita, turned the Gulf Coast upside down, but the ripples from both storms continue to resonate throughout the oil industry.
Here's a recap of some of the most noteworthy things that have taken place since the morning of Aug. 29.
EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
Much like in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, accusations of price gouging by unscrupulous gasoline retailers made headlines almost from the minute Katrina made landfall.
With many Americans already frustrated by the historically high prices at the ...