[brownwill6767]

Gasoline prices in Bernalillo County dipped to $1.64 a gallon this week at some stations, according to GasBuddy.com. Gasoline prices in Chaves County were as low as $1.80 a gallon this week at Sam’s Club in Roswell.

In March, Fine predicted gasoline prices in the Albuquerque market in 2015 would rise slightly to $2.35 a gallon before leveling off somewhere between $2.35 and $1.65 per gallon. He said in March that gasoline prices in Albuquerque could ultimately drop to as low as $1.60 a gallon.

“We made it to $1.60 and I have an outline of where we’ll be in 2016,” Fine told the Daily Record this week. “I’m getting calls to return to Roswell to do the next year.”

Fine said fuel prices in the United States are at their lowest levels since 1998, unadjusted for inflation. Fine attributed the low gasoline prices to soft market demand and excess supplies of crude oil. The United States has more crude oil reserves than it has had since 1933, Fine said.

Fine said he’s not so sure crude oil prices will rise any time soon. He said there is a lot of anticipation about a Dec. 4 meeting of OPEC in Vienna, Austria. “There’s a little excitement in the market about what the Saudi Arabian position might

[TexasCajun]

Reg. $ 1.71 just down the street.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Don’t get too excited. 0bama was yappin’ at the Paris summit this week that he’s planning on raising gasoline taxes to pay for Global Warming.

Enjoy this fleeting moment...

*Rolleyes*

[MCF]

The world wide economy is slowing and there is a need to boost it so the low gas prices. Also, 2016 is an election year and the Elite know the people are very unhappy.

[Resolute Conservative]

Paging Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard!

[gaijin]

Filled up today in Calif at $2.39/gal. Arco station.

[CedarDave]

And another a week old.

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