After a week with a small decline, gas prices in Butler shot back up over the past week, according to AAA’s weekly gas price report.
The average price for a gallon of regular, unleaded, self-serve gas in Butler this week is $3.10, which is an increase of 13 cents over last week.
Prices are also averaging $3.10 per gallon for western Pennsylvania as a whole, with a high of $3.16 in Warren and a low of $2.99 in Altoona, according to AAA.
The national price of gas jumped another four cents since last week to set a new high for 2019 at $2.88, which comes out to 63 cents more expensive than at the beginning of the year.
AAA says the global oil market continues to be negatively impacted by ongoing U.S. sanctions against Iran and Venezuela.
This week’s average prices: Western Pennsylvania Average $3.099
Average price during the week of April 22, 2019 $3.036
Average price during the week of April 30, 2018 $3.058
The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline in various areas:
$2.993 Altoona
$3.047 Beaver
$3.088 Bradford
$3.076 Brookville
$3.098 Butler
$3.111 Clarion
$3.009 Du Bois
$3.146 Erie
$3.116 Greensburg
$3.098 Indiana
$3.156 Jeannette
$3.158 Kittanning
$3.074 Latrobe
$3.150 Meadville
$3.115 Mercer
$3.041 New Castle
$3.153 New Kensington
$3.124 Pittsburgh
$3.099 Sharon
$3.098 Uniontown
$3.159 Warren
$3.060 Washington
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