Gasoline prices worth shouting about
Oklahomans are enjoying some of the lowest gas prices in the nation for at least the third time this year.
AAA’s Website, www.fuelgaugereport.com, reports Sooner State motorists are paying an average price of $3.434 a gallon.
The second lowest statewide average in the nation, the Website reports, is New Jersey, where the price is $3.438 a gallon. Next comes Kansas, where motorists are paying an average price of $3.459.
This is the third time this summer Oklahomans have found themselves paying the least, on a statewide average.
It also happened in June and it happened in July.
The state has five operating refineries, in Ardmore, Ponca City, Wynnewood, and two in Tulsa, and analysts say that helps keep prices low because transportation costs to get the fuel from refiners to stations is less.
The state also has lower fuel taxes than much of the nation, which helps as well, analysts have said.
By Jack Money, Business Writer
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