Gas prices in Northern West Virginia are seven cents cheaper this week at $2.629 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.
On the week, state gas prices average are three to eight cents cheaper in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region with prices ranging from $2.88 in Connecticut to $2.28 in Delaware. Statewide, gasoline is about seven cents cheaper this week in West Virginia.
Gasoline stocks built by 270,000 barrels to remain relatively stable at 64 million, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Meanwhile, refinery utilization in the region stayed consistent at 90 percent. Utilization has been slowly, but surely increasing since the beginning of October as refineries wrap up seasonal maintenance.
This week’s average prices: Northern WV Average $2.629
Average price during the week of November 12, 2018 $2.699
Average price during the week of November 20, 2017 $2.599
The following is a list of the average prices in several West Virginia locations:
$2.808 Bridgeport
$2.774 Clarksburg
$2.426 Huntington
$2.685 Martinsburg
$2.786 Morgantown
$2.413 Parkersburg
$2.587 Weirton
$2.549 Wheeling
On the National Front
Motorists nationwide can add cheaper gas prices to their list of ‘things for which to be thankful’ this Thanksgiving holiday. Today’s national gas price average is $2.62, which is seven-cents less than a week ago and the largest one-week decline in pump price this year. In fact, the large drop brings the year-over-year differential in gas prices to only seven cents – that is the lowest yearly change seen July 2017. The decrease in gasoline is welcomed news for the nearly 49 million Americans that AAA projects are hitting the road for Thanksgiving, some starting as early as today.
At the close of Friday’s formal trading session on the NYMEX, West Texas Intermediate was unchanged and settled at $56.46. Oil prices mostly dropped last week as EIA reported that crude inventories continue to build, now for the eighth consecutive week. Total domestic inventories sit at 442.1 million barrels, which is 16.9 million lower than levels at this time last year. Inventories grew as the EIA reported the U.S. hit a new record for crude production last week. At 11.7 million b/d, it is the highest rate on record since the EIA began tracking it in 1983.
Motorists can find current gas prices nationwide, statewide, and countywide at GasPrices.AAA.com.
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