Gasoline to cover the costs of a huge oil spill

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Can an oil company raise the price of its gasoline to cover the costs of a huge oil spill for which it is liable? What would happen if ExxonMobil, for example, raised the refinery prices of gasoline at a time when other refiners were not raising their prices?

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