Gas prices continue to rise in Ga., S.C. this week

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Georgia and South Carolina gasoline costs have barely elevated over the previous week, in line with AAA.

The common worth in Georgia has elevated by 1-cent, pricing at $3.39 per gallon, over the previous week, AAA says.

Augusta’s gasoline worth common as of Monday is $3.45, up by 8 cents in per week, in line with AAA.

Nonetheless, Georgia’s common gasoline worth remains to be 69 cents under the nationwide common, AAA says.

Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum evaluation at GasBuddy, says, “With oil costs touching their highest degree of 2023 at almost $83 per barrel, the nationwide common worth of gasoline has continued to inch larger, with 45 of the nation’s 50 states seeing costs rise during the last week. Whereas the rising worth of oil is probably going the biggest consider rising gasoline costs, seasonal impacts proceed to additionally exert stress on costs.”

In the meantime, the common in South Carolina is $3.40 rising by 8 cents from final week, in line with AAA, the place Aiken and Edgefield counties’ gasoline costs are on the common of $3.37 which has elevated by 6 cents.

In accordance with AAA, the nationwide common gasoline worth has elevated by 7 cents over the previous week to $4.08 per gallon.

“Oil costs stay a wildcard, however we’re seemingly a couple of weeks away from seeing the nationwide common peak. Whether or not it hits $4 per gallon or not remains to be maybe a 50/50 probability,” De Haan says.

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