The see-saw gas prices saw an overall 3.5-cent increase in the United States last week, but a very slight drop locally, according to AAA’s Fuel Gauge Report.
In the Bucks and Montgomery Counties, the average price for self-serve regular unleaded gasoline is $3.927 per gallon, which is .2 cents lower from a week ago, 7.9 cents higher than a month ago and 44.4 cents higher than a year ago.
This skewing of national prices started last week in California, the report states, when the average price for a gallon in that state hit $4.671. Low supplies, plus a power outage at an Exxon refinery prevented it from producing gas, caused that nearly 50-cent hike.
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Crude oil prices, however, continues to drop as global demand weakens.
Locally, the cheapest price for regular is 3.83 at Hess - Easton Rd (PA-611) & Blair Mill Rd.
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10/9/12
WEEK AGO
YEAR AGO
National
$3.815
$3.780
$3.396
Pennsylvania
$3.900
$3.905
$3.439
Bucks/Montgomery Area
$3.927
$3.929
$3.483
Lehigh Valley
$3.868
$3.869
$3.408
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