OKC Gas Prices Raise 3 Cents

Nationally, the price slipped 1.8 cents during the past week to an average of $2.17 a gallon, according to GasBuddy.

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Spokane – $2.63/g, up 2.4 cents per gallon from last week’s $2.60/g.

Midland Odessa- $1.97/g, down 2.9 cents per gallon from last week’s $2.00/g.

Gas prices are trending up slightly, rising to $45,96 per barrel this week as the crude oil inventory fell by 14.5 million barrels.

Roseville, CA- Gas prices in Roseville continue to tick upward following the end of the summer season and have jumped over 10 percent from recent lows.

In California, issues at two refineries and limited gasoline supplies coupled with strong demand are pushing prices up, said Cynthia Harris, spokeswoman for AAA Northern California.

The national average Sunday was $2.18, down from the $2.20 mark of the prior Sunday and a decrease from the $2.36 figure from the same time in 2015. Prices rose the most in Utah (five cents), California (five cents), Hawaii (four cents), Alaska (four cents) and Washington (four cents). Founded in 2000, GasBuddy.com developed as an initiative to provide consumers access to local, current gas prices.

The lowest price in the greater Harrisburg area is $2.07 a gallon at Pioneer on the Harrisburg Pike at Interstate-81, Carlisle.

According to a post on AAA’s website on Monday, gas prices have fallen for 11 of the past 12 days. The drops were led in the region by Georgia (-4 cents), Alabama (-4 cents), SC (-4 cents), Louisiana (-3 cents), Florida (-3 cents).

Here’s why, refineries are switching to winter blend gasoline.