Guest guest Posted August 26, 2003 Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 : GAS UP DAILY: U.S. Gas Prices Make Record Jump > washingtonpost.com > > U.S. Gas Prices Make Record Jump > > > The Associated Press > Monday, August 25, 2003; 8:42 AM > > CAMARILLO, Calif. - Supply shortages pushed average retail gasoline prices > up more than 15 cents a gallon nationally during the past two weeks, the > largest retail price hike on record since the Lundberg Survey began keeping > records 50 years ago. > > The survey of 8,000 service stations on Friday showed an average of all > grades of gasoline, including taxes, reached $1.7484 a gallon, just short > of the survey's all-time high weighted average of $1.7608 set last March > 21, analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday. > > Self-serve regular gasoline showed an average weighted price of $1.7191 a > gallon, with mid-grade at $1.8127 and premium grade at $1.9046. > > Phoenix had the highest leap in the nation during the two-week period, with > prices jumping 60.42 cents a gallon for self-serve regular. On Aug. 22, > self-serve regular averaged $2.1425, the highest price in the nation for > that grade. > > By comparison, the lowest price for that grade was in Charleston, S.C., > where the average for self-serve regular was $1.4920. > > Temporary refinery shutdowns caused by the massive East Coast/Midwest > blackout combined with a break in a major pipeline in Arizona to cause the > supply disruptions, Lundberg said. > > However, the reopening of the pipeline and the end of the blackout means > gas prices should fall thanks to the traditional decline in demand in > September and an influx of imported gasoline attracted by the current high > prices, she said. > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A41580-2003Aug25?language=printer > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2003 Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 Its $2.23 here in Eureka, and that is regular. >: GAS UP DAILY: U.S. Gas Prices Make Record Jump > > > washingtonpost.com > > > > U.S. Gas Prices Make Record Jump > > > > > > The Associated Press > > Monday, August 25, 2003; 8:42 AM > > $2.1425, the highest price in the nation for > > that grade. _______________ MSN 8: Get 6 months for $9.95/month. http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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