Gas prices in Western Pennsylvania up a penny, increasing slightly to $3.113 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.
Gas prices are mostly flat across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region with eight states seeing two to one cent pump price drops while seven states’ gas price averages held flat on the week, including PA.
Pump prices and inventories remained relatively flat at 64 million oil barrels on the week, according to the latest Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) data available. Total inventory levels are on par with levels this time last year. If they tighten, prices would likely increase.
This week’s average prices: Western Pennsylvania Average -$3.113
Average price during the week of August 6, 2018 - $3.103
Average price during the week of August 14, 2017 - $2.872
The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline in various areas:
$3.037 Altoona
$3.132 Beaver
$3.144 Bradford
$3.139 Brookville
$3.164 Butler
$3.066 Clarion
$3.068 Du Bois
$3.108 Erie
$3.158 Greensburg
$3.098 Indiana
$3.210 Jeannette
$3.210 Kittanning
$3.148 Latrobe
$3.090 Meadville
$3.088 Mercer
$3.102 New CastlC
$3.077 New Kensington
$3.132 Pittsburgh
$3.029 Sharon
$3.060 Uniontown
$3.139 Warren
$3.093 Washington
On the National Front
The national gas price average has held relatively flat for the last two weeks. Today’s national average is $2.86. EIA latest reports detail a drop in consumer gasoline demand and a build in gasoline inventories. In fact, this was the first increase in inventories in six-weeks with a substantial addition of 3 million oil barrel.
On the week, states are seeing pump price jumps as high as eight cents and drops as much as a dime. Today’s gas price average is one-cent less than last week, three-cents less than one month ago and 51-cents more than this time last year.
At the close of Friday’s formal trading session on the NYMEX, West Texas Intermediate increased 82 cents to settle at $67.63.
In related news, according to Baker Hughes, Inc., the U.S. added 10 oil rigs last week, bringing the total to 869. Currently, there are 101 more active rigs this year than last year at this time.
Motorists can find current gas prices nationwide, statewide, and countywide at GasPrices.AAA.com.
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