Gas prices in Western Pennsylvania are down by two cents this week to $3.124 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, Pennsylvania’s average price for a gallon of unleaded gasoline is three cents lower than one week ago ($3.07).
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: Western Pennsylvania Average: $3.124
Average price during the week of June 4, 2018: $3.147
Average price during the week of June 12, 2017: $2.597
The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline in various areas:
$2.981 Altoona
$3.171 Beaver
$3.053 Bradford
$3.261 Brookville
$3.112 Butler
$3.158 Clarion
$3.042 Du Bois
$3.130 Erie
$3.156 Greensburg
$3.103 Indiana
$3.187 Jeannette
$3.149 Kittanning
$3.098 Latrobe
$3.089 Meadville
$3.126 Mercer
$3.103 New Castle
$3.133 New Kensington
$3.166 Pittsburgh
$3.171 Sharon
$3.113 Uniontown
$3.097 Warren
$3.135 Washington
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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