U.S. Gasoline Rises 1.65c to $2.3299/Gal in Lundberg Survey
2017-02-26 18:25:43.500 GMT
By Barbara Powell (Bloomberg) -- Avg price for regular gasoline at U.S. pumps
rose 1.65c during the two weeks ended Feb. 24 to $2.3299/gal,
according to Lundberg Survey Inc.
* Survey by Camarillo, Calif.-based co. taken Feb. 24 and
based on information collected at 2,500 filling stations * Price is 56.1c higher than a year earlier when prices
averaged $1.7686 * Highest avg U.S. retail price: $2.94/gal in Los Angeles * Lowest avg U.S. retail price: $2.02/gal in Tulsa, Okla. * Long Island, N.Y.: $2.41/gal * Houston: $2.08/gal
* "There was minor upward crude oil movement and minor
overall wholesale gasoline upward movement," Trilby
Lundberg, president of Lundberg Survey, says in phone
interview.
* "Gasoline market is heavy on supply and short on demand"
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