PITTSBURGH — Gas prices in Western Pennsylvania increased by a little more than a penny to $2.906 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.
Four states in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region are 25-cents or less away from the $3/gal mark, including New York ($2.77) Pennsylvania ($2.88). West Virginia gasoline is averaging at $2.59 cents per gallon, which is about the same as one week ago. Prices have been on the rise across the country because of rising oil prices and unseasonably high demand.
For another week, gasoline inventory continues to register at 63 million barrels and only saw a slight build of 98,000.
The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline in various areas: Bradford, $2.989; Brookville, $2.885; Clarion, $2.909; DuBois, $2.945; and Warren, $2.954.
The national gas price average has increased for the sixth consecutive week, landing today’s national average at $2.61. That is 18 cents more expensive since prices started the upward trend in late-December and 3 cents more than last Monday.
