Gilmer Free Press

AAA: WV Gasoline Prices Continue to Climb

West Virginia’s average price for a gallon of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline increased 5.4 cents to $3.630 this week, according to AAA’s Fuel Gauge.

The current national retail average price for a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline is $3.587. This is up 21.3 cents from a month ago and 78.7 cents from a year ago.

The average price in West Virginia for the week of March 22, was $3.576. The average price during the week of March 30, last year was $2.867.

Crude oil prices settled down $1.42 at $103.98 per barrel at the close of formal trading Monday on the NYMEX.

As has been the case for much of 2011, unrest in the Middle East and Northern Africa and the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami has continued to drive the markets during the past week.

With significant uncertainty involving the situations in both regions, experts expect developments with these stories to continue to be at the center of crude oil price movement moving forward.

Area Gasoline Prices on 03.30.11:

Arnoldsburg = $3.659

Burnsville = $3.619

Glenville =  $3.659

Grantsville =  $3.659

Gassaway =  $3.619

Harrisville = $3.659

Jane Lew = $3.599

Pennsboro =  $3.599

Sutton =  $3.619

Weston =  $3.579

West Union =  $3.599