If there’s a trend in Oklahoma’s gasoline prices, it appears to be increased prices at the pumps in the western half of the state while the eastern counties, for the most part, have seen declining prices.
AAA reports the state average is $3.12 per gallon, up four cents from a week ago and 5 cents more than one month earlier. But more counties have increased prices in western Oklahoma even though Coal County in the southeast still is the highest-priced county with an average of $3.58 per gallon. A string of western counties range from $3.48 per gallon in Ellis County across to Logan County at $3.31 and Blaine at $3.24.
Prices in Oklahoma City, based on the AAA report, show a four cent increase from last week’s average of $3.08 to $3.12 this week. A month ago, Oklahoma City’s average was $3.07 per gallon.
AAA showed Lawton’s average of $3.05 this week came after a 5-cent increase in the past week and a dime jump from a month earlier.
Tulsa has an average of $3.08 a gallon, down 8 cents from last week and 5 cents lower than a month earlier.
Oklahoma’s average of $3.12 compares to $3.18 in Kansas, $3.44 in Colorado, $3.47 in New Mexico, $3.11 in Texas, $3.09 in Arkansas and $3.19 in Missouri.
A check with another gasoline pricing firm, GasBuddy showed the cheapest gasoline in the state at $2.77 per gallon was in Tonkawa. Stations in Muskogee and Pauls Valley had averages of $2.78 per gallon.
According to GasBuddy, a north Oklahoma City station listed it at $2.79 while in Tulsa, the lowest price was $2.89 and it was actually in nearby Wagoner.