After dropping three cents last week, Northeast Ohio gas prices are down by another eight cents this week to $2.315 per gallon according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.
Gas prices decreased at the pump across the Great Lakes and Central region this week; Ohio prices are down 7 cents statewide, and land on the list of top 10 decreases across the country.
With a slight build of 612,000 barrels, gasoline inventories in the region measure at 58 million barrels, according to the latest Energy Information Administration (EIA) report. Although the region has seen steady inventory build for seven straight weeks, current levels sit 2.2 million barrels below this time last year yet they are about 1 billion barrels ahead of the five-year average.
This week’s average prices: Northeast Ohio Average: $2.315
Average price during the week of February 12, 2018: $2.392
Average price during the week of February 21, 2017: $2.077
Average prices of the unleaded self-service gasoline in various areas:
$2.205 Alliance
$2.245 Ashland
$2.294 Ashtabula
$2.426 Aurora
$2.434 Chesterland
$2.325 Cleveland
$2.293 Elyria
$2.327 Independence
$2.260 Lorain
$2.410 Lyndhurst
$2.142 Massillon
$2.294 Mentor
$2.323 New Philadelphia
$2.217 Niles
$2.392 Norwalk
$2.438 Oberlin
$2.243 Parma
$2.206 Ravenna
$2.415 Solon
$2.400 Willard
$2.333 Youngstown
On the National Front
The national gas price average has been steadily decreasing for nearly two weeks dropping from the year-to-date high of $2.61 (on February 5) to today’s national average of $2.53. Motorists in nearly every state are paying less on the week with Midwest and Southern states seeing the largest price drops at the pump. Hawaii (+2 cents) and Indiana (+1 cent) were the only states to see increases.
Today’s national gas price average is 4 cents less than one week ago, 1 cent more than a month ago, but 25 cents more than a year ago.
At the close of Friday’s formal trading session on the NYMEX, West Texas Intermediate increased 34 cents to settle at $61.68. Crude prices may continue to trend higher this week amid signs of continued growth in U.S. oil production. In fact, last week’s EIA petroleum report revealed that U.S. oil production grew 332,000 b/d, putting total crude output at 10.271 million b/d. Likewise, U.S. crude inventories rose for a third straight week by 1.8 million bbl. Inventory levels now total 422.1 million bbl. Moreover, according to Baker Hughes, the U.S. added 7 oil rigs last week bringing the total rig count to 798.
Motorists can find current gas prices at GasPrices.AAA.com.
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