Oil, gasoline, natural gas prices flat: Alex Mills
By Alex Mills
Crude oil, gasoline and natural gas prices have been flat throughout the summer.
Crude oil prices during June and July peaked on July 12 at $60.21 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange and bottomed out on June 6 at $51.14, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Crude oil closed on Wednesday at $56.22.
Gasoline averaged $2.75 per gallon last week throughout the U.S., which was a decrease of $0.029 from the previous week and a decline of $0.081from a year ago. EIA said Texas had the lowest average gasoline prices last week at $2.501, and California had the highest at $3.569 per gallon.
EIA reports there has been an oversupply of crude oil and petroleum products, which has contributed to the soft prices.
“The US driving season has peaked but the global gasoline market remains tight,” according to a report from Bank of America….