The price of oil suffered steep losses last week, enabling the price of gasoline to back off from record highs.
The state average price for gasoline is on a 9-day streak of declines, dropping a total of 20 cents per gallon. On Sunday, drivers paid an average price of $4.18 per gallon. To view today's daily average price, visit Gasprices.AAA.com.
"The oil market remains extremely volatile, after seeing big swings in both directions during the past few weeks," said Mark Jenkins, spokesman, AAA - The Auto Club Group. "Last weekend, oil prices dropped on demand concerns regarding a COVID outbreak in China, which resulted in lockdowns. By the end of the week, oil prices charged higher again as global crude supply concerns - regarding the fallout from the Russia-Ukraine conflict - moved back to the forefront. Fortunately, oil prices are well below the high we saw more than a week ago. This should enable gas prices to slip lower this week unless oil suddenly spikes again."
Two weeks ago, fuel prices surged after Russia invaded Ukraine. The U.S. price of oil reached a 2022 high of $123.70 per barrel. That $32 price increase resulted in a 90 cent jump at the pump. Since then, the price of oil has pinballed lower, hitting a low of $95.04/b on Wednesday before bouncing back up to $104.70/b on Friday.
Friday's closing price of $104.70/b is still $19/b less than the 2022 high of $123.70/b. Nineteen dollars is the equivalent to a 45 cent swing at the pump. So far, gas prices have dropped 20 cents per gallon, so another 25 cent discount is possible. That is unless oil prices move higher again this week. As of this writing, the U.S. price of oil was trading $3/b higher than Friday's settlement. If that increase holds, it would erase 5-10 cents from the potential 25 cent price drop.
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AAA GAS PRICE AVERAGES |
Sunday | Saturday | Week Ago | Month Ago | One Year Ago | Record High | |
National | $4.255 | $4.262 | $4.325 | $3.531 | $2.884 | $4.11 (7/17/2008) |
Florida | $4.181 | $4.197 | $4.347 | $3.499 | $2.906 | $4.08 (7/17/2008) |
Georgia | $4.143 | $4.188 | $4.290 | $3.374 | $2.742 | $4.16 (9/15/2008) |
Click here to view current gasoline price averages |
Gas Price Survey Methodology
AAA updates fuel price averages daily at www.GasPrices.AAA.com. Every day up to 130,000 stations are surveyed based on credit card swipes and direct feeds in cooperation with the Oil Price Information Service (OPIS) and Wright Express for unmatched statistical reliability. All average retail prices in this report are for a gallon of regular, unleaded gasoline.
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