Stock levels for domestic crude oil are far lower than in past years, leaving domestic oil prices vulnerable to any hints of oil supplies being disrupted in the Middle East or to any unexpected consumer demand growth possibly prompted by colder-than-normal temperatures.
A. leaving domestic oil prices vulnerable to any hints of oil supplies being disrupted in the Middle East or to any unexpected consumer demand growth possibly
B. leaving domestic oil prices vulnerable to any hints of oil supply disruptions in the Middle East or any unexpected growth in consumer demand that might be
C. leaving domestic oil prices vulnerable to any hints of oil supplies that are disrupted in the Middle East or to any unexpected growth in consumer demand as was possibly
D. resulting in the fact that domestic oil prices are vulnerable to any hints of oil supplies being disrupted in the Middle East or to any unexpected consumer demand growth possibly
E. resulting in the fact of domestic oil prices that are vulnerable to any hints of oil supply disruptions in the Middle East or to any unexpected growth in consumer demand that might be
OA is B.
What is wrong with A?
Thanks

As a general rule, be very skeptical of a choice which includes the word "being." If you have two choices, both of which seem grammatically correct, and one uses "being" and one doesn't, cross off the one that uses "being."

"Being" can be used correctly, but it almost never is on the GMAT.

B also has better parallelism than A. We have "leaving domestic oil prices vulnerable to X or Y" - X and Y are required to be parallel in this structure.

Note that A says "to X or to Y" while B says "to X or Y" - the GMAT considers unecessary repetition of "to" redundant. If you don't have to repeat the "to," you don't repeat it.

Stacey, Can you please explain the general rule for 'being' mentioned above, with respect to this link in which 'being' is correctly used?

http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/post7481.html

I don't have this one particular GMATPrep question right now, but there is one SC where there were 4 answer choices with 'being' and one choice without the use of 'being'. I blindly chose that one option without even reading the other 4. You have guessed it right!! That was a trick by GMATPrep and I was wrong.

not sure quite what you're querying here.

the discussion in that post summarizes the situation nicely: the passive voice is just about the only context in which 'being' can be used with impunity. about what else are you asking?