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Northeast Ohio Gas Prices Level Off as National Prices Hold Steady

Ohio, Gas Prices
Pumping gas by Mike Mozart
Photo by Mike Mozart  

After boomeranging for the past two weeks, gas prices in Northeast Ohio leveled off this week to remain at $2.730 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. 

Motorists in the Great Lakes and Central states are seeing pump prices mostly remaining steady on the week.

Gasoline inventories built slightly on the week to register at 53.1 million barrels, which is the largest inventory level recorded for this time of year since 2008. With demand expected to continue declining, and taking into account high inventory levels, motorists in the region can expect prices to steadily decline this fall.

This week’s average prices: Northeast Ohio Average: $2.730
Average price during the week of September 4, 2018: $2.732
Average price during the week of September 11, 2017: $2.531

Average prices of the unleaded self-service gasoline in various areas:

$2.662        Alliance
$2.855        Ashland
$2.645        Ashtabula
$2.799        Aurora
$2.791        Chesterland
$2.712        Cleveland
$2.682        Elyria
$2.713        Independence
$2.701        Lorain
$2.783        Lyndhurst
$2.646        Massillon
$2.666        Mentor
$2.722        New Philadelphia
$2.548        Niles
$2.830        Norwalk
$2.857        Oberlin
$2.682        Parma
$2.675        Ravenna
$2.781        Solon
$2.898        Willard
$2.690        Youngstown

On the National Front 
On the week, the national gas price average rose a penny to land at $2.85. Prices remain relatively stable across the country as gasoline demand dipped slightly and gasoline inventories incrementally built according to the latest Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports.

With the switchover to winter-blend gasoline fast approaching (September 15), gas prices are expected to decline this month. The threat of Hurricane Florence —  which is now a Category 2 storm and projected to hit between South Carolina and Virginia by end of this week —will likely have an impact on East Coast gas prices this week should the storm follow its projected path.

At the close of Friday’s formal trading session on the NYMEX, West Texas Intermediate dropped two cents to settle at $67.75. The drop in the price of crude oil can be attributed to several factors including increasing U.S. gasoline inventories. According to EIA’s report, total motor gasoline inventories increased by 1.8 million barrels last week and are about 7 percent above the five-year average for this time of year. At the same time crude oil stocks dropped 4.3 million barrels from the previous week as refinery utilization rates reached 96.6 percent. These market dynamics are mostly keeping gas prices flat, but a factor that may negatively impact prices is the threat of Hurricane Florence in the Atlantic. While it is still too early to pinpoint exactly where it will make landfall, the National Hurricane Center reports landfall could occur somewhere between South Carolina and Virginia late this week.

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

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