Gas prices in western Pennsylvania have remained mostly stable in the last week.
According to AAA’s weekly gas price report, the average price for a gallon of regular, unleaded, self-serve in Butler is $2.99 per gallon. That’s one cent more expensive than last week.
As for western Pennsylvania as a whole, prices are about once cent cheaper this week averaging $2.97 per gallon. The cheapest gas in the area can be found in Altoona at $2.75 per gallon, while the most expensive is $3.08 in Brookville.
The national gas price average declined for the first time in the past month, by a total of about three cents to $2.76. The International Energy Agency announced last week that oil prices are not expected to rise significantly because demand is slowing.
This week’s average prices: Western Pennsylvania Average $2.975
Average price during the week of July 15, 2019 $2.983
Average price during the week of July 23, 2018 $3.087
The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline in various areas:
$2.752 Altoona
$2.945 Beaver
$2.995 Bradford
$3.083 Brookville
$2.996 Butler
$2.997 Clarion
$2.895 Du Bois
$3.034 Erie
$2.975 Greensburg
$2.999 Indiana
$2.999 Jeannette
$3.011 Kittanning
$2.961 Latrobe
$2.952 Meadville
$3.019 Mercer
$2.894 New Castle
$2.993 New Kensington
$2.988 Pittsburgh
$3.011 Sharon
$2.977 Uniontown
$2.999 Warren
$2.973 Washington
On the National Front
On the week, all but eight states saw gas price averages push cheaper or remain stable. At $2.76, the national gas price average is three cents less expensive than last Monday. This is the first time in four weeks that the national average has seen a weekly decline. Gasoline stocks remain robust amid a recent dip in demand, which could be one reason pump prices are starting to ease after weeks of increases.
At the close of Friday’s formal trading session on the NYMEX, West Texas Intermediate increased by 33 cents to settle at $55.63. Crude prices mostly declined last week after the International Energy Agency (IEA) announced that it does not expect oil prices to rise significantly because demand is slowing and there is a glut in global crude markets.
