The price of gas in Saudi Arabia is a few nickels a gallon. The price of gas in California is about three dollars per gallon. What does one have to do with the other?
Different markets see different prices.
...and it's arbitrary pricing at that! I went on a recent trip from CA to Maine and back. CA had the most expensive gas in the country! It's gas was more expensive than even the border states who get their gas from refineries IN CA. Just crazy....