Gasoline prices in North Dakota still below national average

“From West Coast to East Coast, the decline has hit virtually everyone… the downward trend taking place across the country will continue, with the national average likely to fall into the $1.70’s soon as motorists continue to enjoy falling fuel prices”, DeHaan said.

In Palm Beach County, prices for a gallon of regular averaged $ 1.97 on Monday, about 4 cents less than last week and 29 cents less than a year ago. Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington and NY are the only remaining states in which the average cost is higher than $2. That represents the lowest average gas price since January of 2009.

The average price of gas in the Fort Wayne area went up 5 cents last week, to an average of $1.64 a gallon, GasBuddy.com said today.

$1.85/g in 2015, $3.07/g in 2014, $3.28/g in 2013, $3.38/g in 2012 and $2.92/g in 2011.

The price for crude oil is the primary factor affecting what consumers pay at the pump for gasoline, and benchmark crude prices have rebounded to more than $30 per barrel.

“I see a good mix of people under $1.89”, said Jeff Pelton, a senior petroleum analyst for GasBuddy, about the gas stations in the Lehigh Valley. The supply of crude oil is outpacing its demand.

February 1- Average retail gasoline prices in Alabama have fallen 2.2 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.57/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 3,348 gas outlets in Alabama.

DeHaan says some refiners have already begun some winter maintenance.