Gasoline prices are as low as $2.17 in parts of Oklahoma this week while in other areas of the state, prices are on 14 cents away from $4 a gallon. If you plan on traveling by car for the approaching Thanksgiving holiday, that’s a good thing.
AAA and GasBuddy report prices continued to fall in the past week.
AAA reported Oklahoma’s average for a gallon of unleaded regulator gasoline is $2.91, down 9 cents from a week ago and 41 cents less than one month ago.
But GasBuddy reported gasoline could be bought for $2.17 to $2.21 a gallon in Stillwater—the lowest prices in the state. In the Oklahoma City area, where AAA reported the average is $2.84 a gallon, GasBuddy reported prices as low as $2.43 a gallon were found in Midwest City.
AAA also recorded Payne County, where Stillwater is located, had the state’s lowest county average at $2.74.
GasBuddy reported the lowest prices in Tulsa were $2.59 per gallon while AAA recorded the city’s average at $2.78.
Lawton’s AAA average this week was $2.74 a gallon, a dime cheaper than one week earlier. GasBuddy found the lowest gasoline price in Lawton to be $2.59 per gallon.
Oklahoma’s highest county prices are in Coal County where the average is $2.86 per gallon. Most of southeast Oklahoma has some of the highest county averages in the state. Northwest Oklahoma also has high averages including $3.42 in Ellis County.
Some analysts suggest that gasoline prices might fall even more as crude oil prices continue their decline.
Oklahoma’s average of $2.91 is reported by AAA to be among the ten lowest state averages in the country. It compares to $2.80 in Texas, $2.94 in Arkansas, $2.98 in Missouri, $3.09 in Kansas, $3.30 in Colorado and $3.20 in New Mexico.
- Since last Thursday, AAA reported these 10 states have seen the largest decreases in their averages: Montana (−17 cents), North Dakota (−15 cents), Colorado (−14 cents), South Dakota (−12 cents), Wyoming (−11 cents), Oklahoma (−11 cents), Arizona (−11 cents), Utah (−11 cents), New Mexico (−11 cents) and Kansas (−11 cents).
- The nation’s top 10 least expensive markets according to AAA: Texas ($2.86), Georgia ($2.88), Mississippi ($2.88), South Carolina ($2.95), Louisiana ($2.96), Alabama ($2.98), Arkansas ($2.98), Oklahoma ($2.98), Tennessee ($2.99) and Delaware ($3.02).
