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West Virginia Gas Prices Drop by a Nickle, Nationwide Average Continues to Drop

West Virginia, Gas Prices
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Gas prices in West Virginia have dropped by about five cents over the week to $2.819 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. 

Motorists are enjoying cheaper gas prices at the pump across all states in Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region.  Statewide, West Virginia’s average price for a gallon of unleaded gasoline is about two cents lower than one week ago ($2.85). 

Adding a substantial 2.2 million barrels to inventories, regional levels register at 67 million and are likely a factor driving gas prices down.  However, despite the build, the region has a 2 million-inventory deficit compared to Energy Information Administration (EIA) data for this time last year.

This week’s average prices: Northern WV Average: $2.819
Average price during the week of June 4, 2018:  $2.872
Average price during the week of June 12, 2017: $2.339

The following is a list of the average prices in several West Virginia locations:

$2.843      Bridgeport
$2.808      Clarksburg
$2.745      Huntington
$2.887      Martinsburg
$2.851      Morgantown
$2.751      Parkersburg
$2.830      Weirton
$2.836      Wheeling

On the National Front
At $2.92, the national gas price average has dropped four cents since the beginning of June.  Today’s average is three cents less than a week ago, six cents more than a month ago and 58 cents more expensive than a year ago.  On the week, only eight states saw prices increase while all others dropped by as much as 13 cents or remained stable.

Dropping by 713,000 b/d, the EIA reports that demand registers - for the first time since mid-January - just under 9 million b/d.  This is surprising, as levels have consistently measured above the 9 million mark every week in June since 2015.

At the close of Friday’s formal trading session on the NYMEX, West Texas Intermediate decreased 21 cents to settle at $65.74.  Oil prices trended marginally lower last week following EIA’s report that crude production hit 10.8 million b/d last week.  The estimate sets another weekly domestic record, which has been a reoccurring phenomenon in 2018.  When compared to last year at this point, the U.S. is producing roughly 1.5 million b/d more this year.

Motorists can find current gas prices nationwide, statewide, and countywide at GasPrices.AAA.com.

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