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Category: Gasoline Prices in Oklahoma
Emergency EPA ruling allows E15 sales during summer driving
Drivers in Oklahoma and other states will be allowed this summer to buy gasoline with 15% ethanol as a result of an emergency move made Friday by the Biden administration. It means the lower-cost fuel will be available for the summer driving season as the EPA said the emergency waiver allows summer sales of …
AAA forecasts big summer travel season and with it—higher gasoline prices
AAA says the coming months promise to be a very busy summer for travel, even though we’re a month away from the Memorial Day holiday and the unofficial kickoff to the summer driving season. The automobile agency reported this week that international travel bookings this year are already up 200% compared to 2022 and …
Gasoline prices retreat but remain higher than in March
Recent slumps in the price of crude oil caused by growing concerns over a world recession combined with COVID-19 lockdowns in Shanghai might be responsible for a slight dip in gasoline prices in the past few days. Otherwise, Oklahoma and U.S. gasoline prices continued to hold fairly steady, according to AAA. Nationally, prices dropped …
Discussions grow serious of a ban of gas-powered lawn mowers in Colorado
A movement started by California to ban sales of gas-powered home lawn mowers might be catching on in Colorado. The Colorado Sun reports some draft policies are circulating at the state’s Regional Air Quality Council to ban such sales of lawn mowers, trimmers and leaf blowers in the Denver metro beginning in 2025. The …
Pain at the pump increased in Oklahoma
Oklahoma drivers and others across the U.S. are paying the price for the recent OPEC+ decision to cut crude oil production by more than a million barrels of oil a day. Oklahoma’s average in the past week rose 14 cents to reach an average price of $3.31 a gallon and it is 28 cents …
Feds forecast increased Brent crude oil prices and prices at the gas pumps
Expect an increase of 2.5% in 2023 Brent crude oil prices according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration which released its Short-Term Energy Outlook on Tuesday. The government’s prediction came after OPEC and its partner countries announced crude oil production cuts for the remainder of the year. EIA said it expects the Brent crude oil …
Gasoline tax jumped in Colorado to pay for highway projects
It was no April Fool’s joke that Colorado began collecting a 2-cent-a-gallon fee on gasoline purchases to help fund the state’s transportation project backlog. Colorado’s average price of gasoline, according to AAA, is $3.46 a gallon but in some counties, it’s up to $4 a gallon. The tax took effect April 1 after being …
Increasing gasoline prices reported across Oklahoma
Gasoline prices are on the increase in Oklahoma and the U.S. and some analysts predict we’ll pay $4 to $5 a gallon this summer. Oklahoma’s up $3.08 a gallon, an increase of 7 cents in the past w eek while nationally the average also gained 7 cents to reach $3.50 per gallon. GasBuddy says …
Just what we don’t need—-a threat of another summer of record gasoline costs
With the threat of a repeat of last summer’s high gasoline prices across the U.S., the cost of pulling up to the pump in Oklahoma has declined in the past few weeks, reaching an average of $3 a gallon. AAA Oklahoma reported the national average is $3.43 per gallon. But the U.S. Energy Information …