Oregon gas prices edge downward after weeks of record highs – KTVZ

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Common gasoline costs in Oregon have fallen 4 cents per gallon previously week, averaging $5.49/gallon Monday, in line with GasBuddy’s survey of 1,307 stations in Oregon.

Regardless of the small drop, gasoline costs in Oregon are nonetheless 31.8 cents per gallon increased than a month in the past and stand $1.96/g increased than a yr in the past. The worth of diesel has risen 2.6 cents nationally previously week and stands at $5.80 per gallon.

In accordance with GasBuddy value stories, the most cost effective station in Oregon was priced at $4.98/g Sunday whereas the costliest was $6.79/g, a distinction of $1.81/g.

The nationwide common value of gasoline has fallen 8.8 cents per gallon within the final week, averaging $4.88/g Monday. The nationwide common is up 28.3 cents per gallon from a month in the past and stands $1.79/g increased than a yr in the past, in line with GasBuddy information compiled from greater than 11 million weekly value stories protecting over 150,000 gasoline stations throughout the nation.

Historic gasoline costs in Oregon and the nationwide common going again 10 years:
June 27, 2021: $3.53/g (U.S. Common: $3.09/g)
June 27, 2020: $2.52/g (U.S. Common: $2.17/g)
June 27, 2019: $3.22/g (U.S. Common: $2.71/g)
June 27, 2018: $3.28/g (U.S. Common: $2.85/g)
June 27, 2017: $2.63/g (U.S. Common: $2.24/g)
June 27, 2016: $2.52/g (U.S. Common: $2.30/g)
June 27, 2015: $3.14/g (U.S. Common: $2.78/g)
June 27, 2014: $3.97/g (U.S. Common: $3.68/g)
June 27, 2013: $3.77/g (U.S. Common: $3.52/g)
June 27, 2012: $3.70/g (U.S. Common: $3.37/g)

Oregon cities and their present gasoline costs:
Eugene- $5.50/g, down 5.3 cents per gallon from final week’s $5.55/g.
Salem- $5.38/g, down 10.6 cents per gallon from final week’s $5.49/g.
Portland- $5.56/g, down 3.1 cents per gallon from final week’s $5.59/g.

“With Independence Day per week away, gasoline costs have continued to fall for the second straight week as the worth of oil has faltered, ushering within the drop we’re seeing. The excellent news is we might additionally see a 3rd straight week of decline,” mentioned Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum evaluation at GasBuddy.

“Whereas costs can be at their highest July 4th stage ever, they’re going to have fallen shut to twenty cents since our peak in early June. Motorists must be cautious that whereas the decline might proceed for the week forward, any sudden jolts to produce might rapidly trigger a turnaround, and danger stays that when the height of hurricane season arrives, we might see a brilliant spike on the pump.”

GasBuddy calls itself the authoritative voice for gasoline costs and the one supply for station-level information spanning practically twenty years. In contrast to AAA’s as soon as each day survey and the Lundberg Survey, up to date as soon as each two weeks based mostly on a small fraction of U.S. gasoline stations, GasBuddy’s survey updates 288 instances day-after-day from essentially the most various record of sources protecting practically 150,000 stations nationwide, essentially the most complete and up-to-date within the nation. GasBuddy information is accessible at http://costs.GasBuddy.com.

GasBuddy additionally fuels KTVZ.COM’s Pump Patrol, which reveals the bottom gasoline costs on the Excessive Desert.