Gas prices in Northern West Virginia are nearly nine cents cents cheaper this week at $2.304 per gallon according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.
Statewide, gasoline is about seven cents cheaper this week in West Virginia at $2.33. Nonetheless, the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region remains one of the most expensive regions in the country this week.
This week’s average prices: Northern WV Average: $2.304
Average price during the week of December 17, 2018: $2.390
Average price during the week of December 26, 2017: $2.530
The following is a list of the average prices in several West Virginia locations:
$2.353 Bridgeport
$2.312 Clarksburg
$2.092 Huntington
$2.421 Martinsburg
$2.473 Morgantown
$2.157 Parkersburg
$2.315 Weirton
$2.312 Wheeling
On the National Front
Nearly 20 percent of states are currently enjoying prices below $2.00 per gallon. Nationally, retail averages have dropped 83 of the past 90 days. The national average for regular unleaded gasoline currently sits at $2.30 per gallon, which is six cents less than one week ago, 24 cents less than one month ago and 16 cents less than at the same time last year.
Heading into 2019, gasoline demand is expected to dwindle during the month of January, an expected change following the busy holiday travel season. At the same time, OPEC will begin production cuts on January 1, with hopes that the shift in global supply will push oil prices higher. The effectiveness of the cuts will not likely be known until later in the first quarter.
At the close of Friday’s formal trading session on the NYMEX, West Texas Intermediate decreased 29 cents to settle at $45.59. Oil prices mostly fell last week, reaching their lowest since the third quarter of 2017, as market observers have concerns that the global crude market is oversupplied.
Motorists can find current gas prices nationwide, statewide, and countywide at GasPrices.AAA.com.
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