A renewal of the fighting between the U.S. and Iran over Iran’s continued attacks on cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz is being felt at the gas pumps in Oklahoma and throughout the country.
Oklahoma gas prices jumped 16 cents in the past week, reaching a new average price of $3.49 per gallon, according to AAA. It is still 5 cents lower than a month earlier.
GasBuddy reported lower prices at stations: $2.29 in Chickasha,$2.96 in Tulsa and Owasso, $2.99 in El Reno and $3.09 in Bartlesville.
The U.S. average rose to $3.89 per gallon as of Wednesday. It was a gain of ten cents in the past week, but still below the $4.06 national average recorded a month ago.
Prices in Oklahoma City on Wednesday averaged $3.54 per gallon, 21 cents more than last week and 11 cents higher than the average price posted a month prior.
Tulsa’s new average stood at $3.44 this week, 23 cents more than last week and 8 cents below last month’s average price.
In Lawton, prices averaged $3.41, a penny higher than a month earlier but 18 cents higher than last week.
Northwest Oklahoma motorists still deal with some of the highest prices in the state. The average in Shattuck is $3.93 per gallon. Coal County in the southeast recorded an average of $3.80, while adjacent Hughes County’s average is $3.79.
Motorists who want to get in a vacation before the start of school in a month or so will find prices in Kansas average $3.55 this week, $3.88 in Colorado, $4.00 in New Mexico, $3.48 in Texas, $3.51 in Arkansas and $3.54 in Missouri.
