Post Labor Day gasoline prices rose slightly in Oklahoma in the past week, reaching an average of $2.60 a gallon.
GasBuddy reports it’s the average from a survey of 669 stations in the state. Nationally, the average is $2.84 which is nearly 2 cents lower than a week ago.
Oklahoma City’s average dropped more than a penny a gallon reaching an average of $2.52 a gallon. It compares to an average of $2.21 a year ago, $2 in 2016, $2.15 a gallon in 2015, and $3.25 a gallon in 2014.
Tulsa’s average is up nearly 7 cents in the past week hitting an average of $2.61 a gallon.
“Last week saw a brief and fairly tame rise in the national average, brought on mainly by a select few states where gas prices tend to be volatile,” said Patrick DeHaan, head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy. “Overall, it was a mostly stable week with some up and down movement state-by-state, but now we await the changeover to winter gasoline that happens this Saturday for some relief at the pump.”
He indicated Hurricane Florence will post fuel challenges on the East Coast.
“There is little to no threat to refineries at this time and is thus unlikely to bring measurable impact to the national average price of gasoline, but could bring supply challenges to several states, depending on levels of evacuations and time of them,” he added.