Category: Gasoline Prices in Oklahoma

Gasoline prices continue their decline in Oklahoma and the US

  Heading into the past weekend, gasoline prices were down from 7 to 9 cents a gallon on average in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. AAA reported the national average for a gallon of gas dipped slightly by four cents since last week to $3.08.  One reason could be lower demand, as fewer people are fueling …

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2023 saw lower gasoline prices in the US

  U.S. retail gasoline prices in 2023 averaged $0.43 per gallon (gal) less than in 2022, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update. This decline was due, in part, to lower crude oil prices in 2023 compared with 2022 and higher gasoline inventories in the second half of …

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Gasoline prices are creeping back up in Oklahoma and across the US

  Not to rain on your Christmas hopes, but it appears the nation’s gasoline prices are rebounding. Not by much, but enough to give AAA suspicions that Scrooge is still around. Oklahoma’s average gasoline prices jumped by one cent in the past week while nationally, the average grew by six cents to $3.12 per gallon, …

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White House to decide whether year-round E15 gasoline sales will be allowed

  It’s now up to the White House whether an EPA recommendation to expand sales of higher-ethanol gasoline in some Midwestern states will be adopted. The Environmental Protection Agency proposed the expansion of E15 or gasoline with 15% ethanol in March. It suggests year-round sales of the gasoline in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, …

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Those “good old days” of cheap gasoline

  The good old days of lower gasoline prices. As I recalled the cheap gas I paid as a teenager in Kansas in the 1960s, when Art Soukup at the local Skelly station came out and cleaned your windshield and $1 would let you drive all night around town, I wondered how prices today compared …

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AAA predicts near record Christmas holiday travel

  Excluding old St. Nick who will travel untold millions of miles on Christmas Eve, AAA predicts 115.2 million travelers will head 50 miles or more from home over the approaching Christmas holiday travel period. It represents a 2.2% increase over last year and is also the second highest year-end travel forecasst since 2000 when …

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Oklahoma studies replacing gasoline tax with mileage tax

  Oklahoma transportation officials are taking a long, hard look at possibly eliminating taxes paid by drivers at the gas pump and replacing it with a user fee—one charged on the amount of miles driven by motorists in the state. It’s an idea that is growing around the nation as more electric vehicles take to …

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Gasoline prices are at 11 month low—down to $2.19 in OKC

  The nation’s gasoline prices hit an eleven month low this week, falling to a national average of $3.16 as of Saturday morning, while Oklahoma’s average is $2.71 per gallon. But some Oklahoma City gas stations offered the fuel at $2.19 per gallon. AAA analysts say it is possible that the national average could fall …

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Have falling gasoline prices reached the end of the road?

  Last week, AAA raised the question…”Is it the end of the road for falling gas prices?” Oklahoma drivers might be asking the same question. Prices fell nationally only two cents in the last week of November and the automobile association said the primary “culprit is the cost of oil” which is creeping closer to …

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Congresswoman says Bidenomics is a failure and we’re paying for it

  Congresswoman Stephanie Bice points out that gasoline prices are $1 higher per gallon than when President Biden took office and that’s why, she says, Bidenomics isn’t working. The Republican Representative says during Biden’s time in office, prices have risen across the board…canned cranberries during Thanksgiving were up 60%, frozen vegetables up about 11%, uncooked …

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