Despite a post-Memorial Day average price of $2.69 per gallon, Oklahoma still has some of the cheapest gasoline in the country. It’s in the ten states with the lowest averages.
Oklahoma’s average price this week was actually a penny lower than a week ago. The average of $2.69 is the same for the state of Arkansas while in Missouri, motorists pay an average of $2.71 a gallon. The average in Texas is $2.78 while in Kansas, it is $2.73. The average in Colorado is up to $2.91 while motorists in New Mexico are coughing up $2.97 a gallon.
In Oklahoma, Tulsa and Oklahoma City have the same average price of $2.66 a gallon while Lawton is still lowest at $2.58, two cents cheaper than last week.
The highest prices are still in western Oklahoma with Ellis County in the northwest at $2.92 a gallon on average. Roger Mills County has an average of $2.89 while motorists in Dewey County pay an average of $2.86. McClain County along I-35 has an average of $2.85 and the average in Alfalfa county in the north is up to $2.86.
Nationally, the average is $2.96, a penny lower than the average over the Memorial Day weekend. AAA Oklahoma says the development comes as crude oil prices start to fall after some of the highest prices in three years.
“At the start of the holiday weekend, reports indicated that OPEC may raise production levels to help ease global supply concerns. The announcement immediately brought down the price of crude – which has dropped nearly $3/bbl since Thursday,” said Jeanette Casselano, AAA spokesperson. “This is welcome news to motorists who have not only seen pump prices increase, on average, 16-cents since the beginning of May, but are paying the highest prices to fill up since 2014.”
Gas prices, however, remain very expensive. On the week, three states have been added to the list of states with a gas price average of $3 or more – making for 17 states in total. Another four states are just pennies away from joining this list, including Indiana, Maryland, New Mexico and Massachusetts.
