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Gasoline prices in week before Labor Day lowest in 11 years
Energy Information Administration ^ | SEPTEMBER 4, 2015 | Energy Information Administration

Posted on 09/07/2015 7:05:40 AM PDT by thackney

The U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline was $2.51/gallon (g) on August 31, the lowest price for the Monday before Labor Day since 2004, and 95¢/g lower than the same time last year. Declines in crude oil prices are the main driver behind falling U.S. gasoline prices. Lower crude oil prices reflect concerns about economic growth in emerging markets, expectations of higher oil exports from Iran, and continuing actual and expected growth in global crude oil inventories.

The U.S. average retail gasoline price increased 47¢/g since the last week of January, when it was $2.04/g, driven by rising crude oil prices earlier in the year, strong demand during the summer driving season, and unplanned refinery outages on the West Coast and more recently in the Midwest.

On a regional basis, average gasoline prices range from $3.16/g on the West Coast to $2.20/g in the Gulf Coast. Gasoline on the West Coast, particularly in California, continues to be in short supply, and California continues to have the highest price among states surveyed in EIA's weekly Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update. As of Monday (August 31), gasoline prices averaged $3.34/g in California and $3.55/g and $3.24/g in Los Angeles and San Francisco, respectively.

Although gasoline prices in the Midwest have fallen in recent weeks, an unplanned outage of the BP refinery in Whiting, Indiana, previously caused retail prices in that region to increase 60¢ per gallon on August 17. Gasoline prices in Chicago and Cleveland now average $2.95/g and $2.31/g, respectively.

The Gulf Coast region, where much of the nation's petroleum refinery capacity is located, continues to have some of the lowest-priced gasoline in the nation, averaging $2.20/g for the region and $2.21/g in Houston.

As fall approaches and U.S. driving levels are lower, reduced gasoline demand, shifts to less costly winter specifications for gasoline, and reduced crude oil purchases by refineries undergoing seasonal maintenance have the potential to put downward pressure on crude oil and gasoline prices. In the August Short-Term Energy Outlook, EIA forecasts U.S. regular gasoline prices to decline to an average of $2.11/g during the fourth quarter of 2015, and projects an annual average retail gasoline price of $2.41/g for 2015.


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1 posted on 09/07/2015 7:05:41 AM PDT by thackney
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To: thackney

$1.86 here in Meridian, Ms.


2 posted on 09/07/2015 7:12:15 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 ((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
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I paid $2.40 9/10 per gallon yesterday in my hometown.


3 posted on 09/07/2015 7:13:40 AM PDT by EvilCapitalist (1 of 172)
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To: thackney

$2.08 here in Indy.
(and it’s the National Drags weekend when they typically bump prices due to demand from all the visitors)


4 posted on 09/07/2015 7:14:51 AM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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The store right up the road had $2.199 posted yesterday, the lowest I’ve seen this past week was $2.169 on the way into the nearest town.

My mother talks to my niece daily, she says they are paying around $2.05 or less in north Louisiana. It’s always less soon as you cross the border into Louisiana. When I made trips here I would fill up in Shreveport so I wouldn’t have to pay 20¢ - 30¢ more in Texas. My sister just left Indiana, she didn’t say what prices were.


5 posted on 09/07/2015 7:15:55 AM PDT by Paleo Pete (I'm with the bomb squad. If you see me running, CATCH UP!)
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To: thackney

Cherry pick a day that makes the case. The day Obama was crowned, it was $1.86/gallon across the US (average).


6 posted on 09/07/2015 7:16:30 AM PDT by Gaffer
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True, and a few months previous it was $3.80.


7 posted on 09/07/2015 7:21:33 AM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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I filled up my truck for $30 the other day. Made me look twice to see that it was correct.


8 posted on 09/07/2015 7:26:35 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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$1.79 Spartanburg, SC


9 posted on 09/07/2015 7:27:16 AM PDT by Paisan
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$1.96 at local Sam’s Club.


10 posted on 09/07/2015 7:27:33 AM PDT by Second Amendment First
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$2.49 - 2.69 in Northern Indiana yesterday, with premium at $3.09.


11 posted on 09/07/2015 7:28:58 AM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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Just wait until the less winter blends become available by October 2015. We could see a price crash to US$1.69/US gallon for 87 octane unleaded in California, of all things. And much of the rest of the country probably 35 to 45 cents less than that!
12 posted on 09/07/2015 7:31:44 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: nascarnation

So what this illustrates is that BS articles like this serve no purpose.


13 posted on 09/07/2015 7:32:59 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: thackney

$2.339/gal in southern DE for regular unleaded.


14 posted on 09/07/2015 7:34:11 AM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Gaffer

Well govt bureaucrats have to product a “work product”.
This is it, LOL


15 posted on 09/07/2015 7:34:16 AM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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Earlier in the year gas dropped to $1.89 a gallon in my area for a couple of weeks.

Now the lowest price is around $2.15 a gallon.


16 posted on 09/07/2015 7:36:34 AM PDT by Iron Munro (CITY: A liberal run holding pen for useless headcount.)
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$2.30 here in Northeastern Indiana (regular).


17 posted on 09/07/2015 7:37:12 AM PDT by gattaca (Republicans believe every day is July 4, democrats believe every day is April 15. Ronald Reagan)
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Ha....yeah I guess. It amazes me at what they calculate the CPI from and my frequent trips to the grocery store to see milk, eggs, bacon, hamburger meat, and other products one would consider staples and see their prices and then hear from Obama things are just “ducky”.....

I bet the Muslim never bought a pound of bacon or hamburger in his lifetime.


18 posted on 09/07/2015 7:39:59 AM PDT by Gaffer
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I paid $1.89 yesterday just south of St. Louis.


19 posted on 09/07/2015 7:51:17 AM PDT by Charles Henrickson (St. Louis, Missouri)
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And that is a cherry-picked date as well. A low point far from the average before or after.

The Labor Day comparison is because it is Labor Day.


20 posted on 09/07/2015 8:24:04 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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