Denver gas prices surged 16.6 cents per gallon last week, but one expert said the public should not blame the hike on a recent diesel mix-up that damaged hundreds of vehicles and contaminated nearly 50 gas stations.
“No, it has no impact on price,” Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy.com, told The Denver Gazette in an email when asked if the contaminated fuel played a role in the recent price uptick.
The Jan. 7 contaminated gas fiasco may have impacted up to 400,000 gallons. It has resulted in a class action lawsuit…