Monday, September 17, 2012

Expert Predicts 2012 May Set Record for High Gas Prices

In the Upstate, gas prices decreased ever so slightly last week, falling by less than a half-cent per gallon.

The average price of gasoline in the Greenville area stood at $3.53 per gallon Monday, though more than a dozen stations in Anderson are currently selling gas for less than $3.50 per gallon, according to GasBuddy.com.

Nationally, the boilerplate amount of gasoline is $3.86 per gallon, a 2.3-cent per gallon access in the accomplished week.

Patrick DeHann, a chief petroleum analyst with GasBuddy.com, is now admiration that 2012 will go into the history books with the accomplished annual boilerplate amount for gas in the U.S.

Currently the civic boilerplate amount of gas for 2012 stands at $3.63 per gallon, DeHaan said. By comparison, the civic boilerplate amount of gas for 2011 was $3.51 per gallon.

Experts are admiration that gas prices may activate bottomward anon now that the aiguille summer active aeon is in the rearview mirror.

"As we advance added into September, the added optimistic I am that these top prices will activate to appear down slightly," DeHaan said.

Upstate gas prices accept gone up 19.4 cents per gallon in the accomplished month. Gas in the Greenville breadth currently costs 28.4 cents added per gallon than on this date in 2011.

The average gas price of the whole world has increased 15.8 cents per gallon in the past month. Last year at this time. According to statistics, the national average price of gas was 24.9 cents per gallon lower than today's prices.

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