Some of the busiest people around the U.S. this week might be the workers who have to use long poles to change their advertised prices of gasoline and diesel fuel at service station signs.
That’s because prices are almost changing by the minute due to the increased bombing and missile attacks on Iran by the U.S., Israel and several Middle East countries.
Prices shot up again late Tuesday as AAA reported on Wednesday.
The U.S. average gasoline price rose 9 cents since Tuesday, reaching $3.19 per gallon as of Wednesday midday. Diesel fuel prices rose 14 cents on average to reach $4.03 per gallon. With oil prices hovering around $81 a barrel worldwide and $74 in the U.S., motorists saw changing prices at the fuel pumps.
The fuel increases could also mean higher freight delivery prices on cargo that arrives by truck.
Oklahoma’s average gasoline price rose 11 cents and reached $2.73 per gallon Tuesday morning while diesel fuel across the state sold for $3.58 per gallon, a 15-cent gain in one day and 31 cents higher than a week ago.
Prices are almost jumping by the minute as the average gasoline price in Oklahoma City rose 9 cents to reach $2.69 per gallon, a 36 cent jump from a week ago. Diesel fuel in the city reached $3.54 a gallon, up 16 cents from Tuesday and 33 cents more than a week earlier.
Tulsa’s average diesel fuel price Wednesday was $3.79, up 14 cents from Tuesday and 39 cents higher than a week ago. Tulsa’s gasoline sold for an average of $2.91, 13 cents more than Tuesday and 36 cents higher than last week.
While Lawton gasoline jumped a dime since Tuesday to reach an average of $2.62, its diesel fuel shot up 21 cents a gallon at $2.62 per gallon.
Oklahoma’s average gasoline price of $2.73, still the lowest in the region, compared to $2.79 in Kansas, $3.11 in Colorado, $3.03 in New Mexico, $2.81 in Texas, $2.83 in Arkansas and $2.89 in Missouri.