Gas prices in western Pennsylvania have decreased slightly in the past week.
According to AAA’s weekly gas price report, the average price for a gallon of regular, unleaded, self-serve in Butler is $2.97 per gallon. That’s two cents less than last week.
Prices are also about two cents cheaper across western Pennsylvania as a whole this week, averaging $2.95 per gallon. The cheapest gas in the area can be found in Altoona at $2.70 per gallon, while the most expensive is $3.07 in Brookville.
The national gas price average declined for the second week in a row, by a total of about three cents to $2.73. This figure is two cents more expensive than last month but also 12 cents less expensive than this day last year.
This week’s average prices: Western Pennsylvania Average $2.951
Average price during the week of July 22, 2019 $2.975
Average price during the week of July 30, 2018 $3.082
The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline in various areas:
$2.706 Altoona
$2.865 Beaver
$2.996 Bradford
$3.077 Brookville
$2.972 Butler
$2.994 Clarion
$2.994 Du Bois
$2.998 Erie
$2.911 Greensburg
$2.999 Indiana
$2.971 Jeannette
$3.009 Kittanning
$2.890 Latrobe
$2.944 Meadville
$3.022 Mercer
$2.880 New Castle
$2.958 New Kensington
$2.980 Pittsburgh
$2.996 Sharon
$2.912 Uniontown
$2.997 Warren
$2.971 Washington
On the National Front
Today’s national average is $2.73. While this is two cents more expensive than at this point last month, it is three cents cheaper than last week and 12-cents less expensive than a year ago. Cheaper gas prices have encouraged summer road trips, AAA says, as evidenced by robust demand figures since May. AAA will continue to monitor how a potential increase in demand could alter prices nationwide.
At the close of Friday’s formal trading session on the NYMEX, West Texas Intermediate increased by 18 cents to settle at $56.20. Crude prices mostly increased last week after the EIA’s weekly report showed that total domestic crude inventories fell by 10.8 million barrels. With OPEC continuing to reduce crude production, tighter domestic crude supplies could cause prices to continue to increase if demand tightens.
