Oil Prices Down, Local Gas Prices Up

On average, we are paying 9.2 cents more per gallon to fill our gas tank this week than last week, according to AAA’s Fuel Gauge Report.

This comes after the price of crude, from which gasoline is made, dropped in price by $3.69 per barrel. That price is still more than it has been in recent months, the reports explains. 

Pennsylvanians are paying an average of $3.536 a gallon, up 7.8 cents from a week ago. In the Philadelphia area, the price is $3.631 per gallon, up 9.2 cents since last week, according to the report.

In Doylestown, the best price for regular is $3.58 at the Liberty gas stations on Main Street and West State Street. That’s about 20 cents higher than a month ago, but 19 cents lower than a year ago.

7/24/12

WEEK AGO

YEAR AGO

National

$3.477

$3.406

$3.696

Pennsylvania

$3.536

$3.458

$3.726

Bucks/Montgomery Area

$3.631

$3.539

$3.790

Lehigh Valley

$3.486

$3.395

$3.665