Since BP shut down its pipeline last week, gas prices in Montana have risen 10 to 17 cents a gallon, depending on which gas station you go to. Despite the fact that the news media NOW reports that BP only has to shut down about half of its pipeline flow, the gas prices in Montana have not fallen. Thanks, BP. ALL of the gas sold in Montana is refined in Montana from petroleum pumped out of Montana wells. Montana actually exports petroleum, after using what its citizens need. NONE of the petroleum refined in Montana comes from BP's Prudhoe Bay pipelines. AND there are still people who claim that big oil is not ripping off the American public! If none of our Montana gas comes from the Alaskan Pipeline, then what is the justification for this kind of rise in the price of gas in Montana since the BP shutdown?