A powerful storm snaking its way through the Gulf of Mexico threatens to disrupt U.S. oil and gasoline production at a moment when retail gas and diesel prices are squeezing American consumers and companies.

A powerful storm snaking its way through the Gulf of Mexico threatens to disrupt U.S. oil and gasoline production at a moment when retail gas and diesel prices are squeezing American consumers and companies. ↧ Gas prices face new threat as Hurricane Isaias forces Gulf oil shut... Nearly all U.S. offshore oil production is in Isaias’ path, one analyst wrote, which means “the impact, even short-lived, can be significant.”