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Here’s why gas could drop below $3
Channel 3000 News/CNN ^ | December 6, 2023 | CNN Staff

Posted on 12/06/2023 12:54:32 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin

The sell-off in the oil market accelerated Wednesday, with US crude prices sinking below $70 a barrel for the first time since July.

The latest wave of selling bodes well for consumers, suggesting gas prices could fall even closer towards $3 a gallon nationally.

Gas prices bottomed out at $3.10 a gallon in late December last year just before Christmas. The national average hasn’t been below $3 since May 2021.

US crude tumbled to as low as $69.11 a barrel on Wednesday, the lowest intraday level since June 29. Oil closed at $69.38 a barrel, down 4.1% on the day. Brent crude, the international benchmark, fell 3.8% to $74.25 a barrel.

Analysts said the selloff is being driven by a confluence of factors, including concerns about soft demand in China, record-setting supply from the United States and disappointment over last week’s OPEC+ decision.

“The market has fallen off quite rapidly,” said Andy Lipow, president of consulting firm Lipow Oil Associates. “It could really be interpreted as OPEC+ losing its ability to control prices.”

Last week, OPEC+ members agreed to supply cuts but that agreement was met with skepticism because of the voluntary nature of the move.

“The OPEC+ production cuts appear to be more style than substance,” Lipow said.

All of this is welcome news for consumers. Even before Wednesday’s oil sell-off, the national average price for regular gas fell to $3.22 a gallon, according to AAA. That’s a fresh 11-month low and well below the peak in September of $3.88.

Gas prices are likely to decline another 5 to 7 cents a gallon in the next week, according to Lipow.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: gasoline; oil; opec
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

$2.71-$2.89 in my part of Alabama. $2.65 at Sam’s Club in Montgomery, @.69 at Buc-ees in Auburn.


41 posted on 12/06/2023 2:45:41 PM PST by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: BlueLancer

oh wow!


42 posted on 12/06/2023 2:49:14 PM PST by LibertyWoman (America, the Handwriting is on the Wall. )
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To: rktman

She’d love it to be over $5.


43 posted on 12/06/2023 2:54:38 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Diana in Wisconsin; Bullish

(it’s an Election Year)

Yep, coming up.

It was $2.67.9 here in the Midwest when I filled up last night.


44 posted on 12/06/2023 3:05:37 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Ya gotta kun lujan-grisham-alvarez-obrador-sanchez-jones


45 posted on 12/06/2023 3:15:40 PM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Yep. Just fell to $2.999/gal. here in my little corner of KY. (Actually, I saw $2.89 last week, when we were traveling to another area of the state.)


46 posted on 12/06/2023 3:53:43 PM PST by FlatulusMaximus
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

or people are driving less?

i still remember when “thrills are cheap as gas and gas as cheap as thrills...”


47 posted on 12/06/2023 3:54:29 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: freepertoo

I filled my car up today and it’s around $25 cheaper for a tank from what it was last year at this time.

Election year manipulation for sure.


48 posted on 12/06/2023 4:06:49 PM PST by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

So, go buy some beef, some canned goods, a house or a car. How’s that working for you?


49 posted on 12/06/2023 4:09:58 PM PST by lurk (u)
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To: freepertoo; All

We noticed it down to $3.09 in SW Wisconsin when we were out and about today.


50 posted on 12/06/2023 4:26:59 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: John S Mosby

“Useful idea. Perhaps better if one fills up on the same day of the week at the cheapest on that day- for a better ‘average’.”

If you have a choice then, of course. I’ve lived ‘rural’ for so long that one gas station to use is all I’ve had for a very long time. :)


51 posted on 12/06/2023 4:31:13 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: lurk

Yep. The price of gas is probably the LEAST of most peoples worries these days. :(

Worrying about the advancing ‘Full Frontal Communism’ is higher up on the Worry List for me. ;)


52 posted on 12/06/2023 4:35:44 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel; freepertoo; Ronald77
It hit $2.99 in the Saginaw Bay area last week (Thanksgiving weekend). Now back to $3.29 Supply and demand.

$2.99/gal. for no-ethanol here, and $2.56/gal. for E-10.

Not going to complain (much), but I still remember that it was a LOT cheaper under Pres. Trump. Would be great to get that back -- both price, and President.

53 posted on 12/06/2023 5:59:32 PM PST by AFB-XYZ (Two options: 1) Stand up, or 2) Bend over)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Agree and suspect gas prices will continue to come down the closer we get to Election day ....or month or whatever Dems want it to be. Gee, see what a good job Joe is doing...NOT!


54 posted on 12/06/2023 6:37:47 PM PST by 4integrity
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Agree and suspect gas prices will continue to come down the closer we get to Election day ....or month or whatever Dems want it to be. Gee, see what a good job Joe is doing...NOT!


55 posted on 12/06/2023 6:37:47 PM PST by 4integrity
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Gas is $2.89 in my neck of Minnesota.


56 posted on 12/06/2023 6:39:03 PM PST by Sawdring
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

It’s already around two fiddy per gallon around these parts...


57 posted on 12/06/2023 6:40:10 PM PST by 38special (I should've said something earlier)
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To: SkyDancer
Place a forty cent climate change tax on fuel like they did here in WA.

Since it's not a direct tax, but voodoo carbon credits, it's hard to tell. A state gas auditor turned whistleblower thinks it's more like fifty cents.

58 posted on 12/06/2023 7:22:38 PM PST by Rinnwald
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