Oklahoma gasoline prices took a dip in the past week settling to a new statewide average of $2.69 a gallon, based on reports from AAA.
The state average fell 7 cents in the past week but is still a penny higher than one month earlier. Central Oklahoma appears to have the lowest averages including $2.56 a gallon in Canadian and Cleveland Counties and $2.57 in Oklahoma County, according to AAA.
However, the alternative gas price website GasBuddy on Monday showed prices much lower including an unheard of 24 cents a gallon in Ada. Whether it was a misprint or a gas war is underway isn’t clear. But GasBuddy showed prices down to $2.34 in Tulsa and $2.35 in Norman and Moore.
Oklahoma City’s average was $2.61, which is 11 cents lower than a week earlier and four cents below the average of one month ago.
Tulsa averages $2.71 per gallon, 7 cents cheaper than a week ago.
The average in Lawton is $2.63, a dome lower than last week at this time.
The highest county averages are in Coal County at $3.24 and Ellis County at $3.01 per gallon. Hughes County in the southeast averages $2.98 and Woods County in the northwest stands at $2.95 per gallon.
The national average this week was $3.09, or 5 cents lower than a week earlier and the same amount compared to one month ago.
AAA reported Oklahoma is still among the states with the nation’s lowest gasoline prices.
The nation’s top 10 least expensive gasoline markets are Mississippi ($2.67), Texas ($2.69), Oklahoma ($2.73), Kentucky ($2.74), Louisiana ($2.76), Arkansas ($2.78), Alabama ($2.78), South Carolina ($2.79), North Carolina ($2.80), and Tennessee ($2.80).
The nation’s top 10 most expensive gasoline marketsare California ($4.81), Hawaii ($4.54), Washington ($4.14), Nevada ($3.84), Oregon ($3.76), Alaska ($3.46), Arizona ($3.40), Pennsylvania ($3.33), Washington, DC ($3.25), and Illinois ($3.24).
According to new data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), gasoline demand increased from 8.23 million b/d last week to 8.45. Total domestic gasoline supply increased from 247.9 million barrels to 248.3, while gasoline production decreased last week, averaging 9.2 million barrels per day. Today’s national average for a gallon of gas is $3.12, flat as compared to a month ago and 14 cents less than a year ago.