PITTSBURGH — Gas prices in Western Pennsylvania are down by a penny over the week at $3.105 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.
States in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region are seeing fluctuation on the week. For most states, that means small jumps or declines of a few pennies. Pennsylvania prices remain unchanged.
With the addition of 1.6 million barrels, gasoline inventories sit at their highest level (67.4 million) for the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast this year. The large increase helped to minimize gas price increases for most states. The last time levels exceeded the 67.4 million barrels was mid-June 2017.
The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline in Bradford was $3.036; in Brookville, $3.178; in DuBois, $3.054; in Erie, $3.116; and in Warren, $3.180.
Despite gasoline demand dropping to 9.0 million b/d and inventories growing to 235.7 million barrels, according to the latest Energy Information Administration (EIA) data, the national gas price average has increased three cents on the week to land at $2.88 — a pump price not seen at the national average since mid-July.
