Average gasoline prices in North Carolina have fallen 2.7 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.01 per gallon Monday, December 4, 2023, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 6,092 stations in North Carolina. Prices in North Carolina are 8.2 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 10.3 cents per gallon lower than a year ago.
The national average price of diesel has fallen 4.7 cents in the last week and stands at $4.18 per gallon. According to GasBuddy price reports, the cheapest station in North Carolina was priced at $2.51 per gallon Sunday while the most expensive was $4.00 per gallon, a difference of $1.49 per gallon. The national average price of gasoline has fallen 0.4 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.21 per gallon Monday.
The national average is down 18.9 cents per gallon from a month ago and stands 14.9 cents per gallon lower than a year ago, according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 11 million weekly price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country.
“We’ve barely eked out a drop in the national average over the last week, extending the streak to 11 straight weeks of decline, even as some states have seen prices jump, while others have seen prices continue to inch lower. Motorists can blame the OPEC+ meeting for causing oil to jump early last week and then plummet late last week for the volatility in gas prices,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy.
“The good news is that as the dust settled, OPEC+ agreed to barely move the needle, deepening their production cuts by an additional 900,000 barrels per day in 2024, with Saudi Arabia extending their own million barrel per day cut through March. However, that wasn’t enough to offset concerns of falling global demand, which pushed oil back down to below $73 in Sunday night trading, giving hope that the national average still could fall to $2.99/gal by the end of the year.”
Source: The Coastland Times
