Oklahoma gasoline prices dropped 4 cents a gallon over the past week while nationally, the average remained at $2.66 a gallon. AAA Oklahoma reports the statewide average is at $2.38 compared to the $2.42 reported one week ago.
One year ago, motorists in the state paid an average $2.16 a gallon. But analysts expect prices to climb and by this summer, drivers will be paying the highest prices since 2014.
Thanks to a jump in crude prices, gasoline is becoming more expensive.
Still, prices slipped a little in Oklahoma in the pas week. The average in Oklahoma City dropped one cent to $2.38 a gallon. Tulsa’s average fell from $2.43 last week to $2.36 a gallon this week. Lawton continues to have the lowest gasoline prices with an average of $2.29 a gallon, the same average as last week.
Take a drive into other parts of the state and you’ll find gasoline prices much higher. The average in Beaver County is $2.50 while nearby Harper county has an average of $2.51.
But the highest average in the state is $2.62 in Woods county where drivers in Alva are paying nearly 30 cents more a gallon than those in Lawton.
Of the surrounding states, Missouri’s average is the same as Oklahoma’s—-$2.38 a gallon. Arkansas is also at $2.38. Otherwise the average in Kansas is $2.46 while Texas drivers pay an average of $2.42. New Mexico’s average is up to $2.60 while in Colorado, the average is $2.51.