gaspumphandles(CSi)  December 28-, 2015 Average retail gasoline prices in North Dakota have fallen 1.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.92/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 493 gas outlets in North Dakota. This compares with the national average that has not moved in the last week to $2.00/g, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.

Areas nearby North Dakota and their current gas price climate:

Sioux Falls- $1.76/g, up 2.9 cents per gallon from last week’s $1.73/g.

Fargo- $1.69/g, down 1.4 cents per gallon from last week’s $1.70/g.

South Dakota- $1.92/g, flat from last week’s $1.92/g.

Including the change in gas prices in North Dakota during the past week, prices yesterday were 41.8 cents per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 16.4 cents per gallon lower than a month ago. The national average has decreased 4.2 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 28.2 cents per gallon lower than this day one year ago.

As the majority of the United States is still experiencing falling retail gas prices, California and the Great Lakes states are buoying the national average, keeping it from dropping further below $2 per gallon,” said Will Speer, a Houston-based senior petroleum analyst with GasBuddy. “After a healthy 5.9 million barrel draw in domestic crude stocks, crude futures markets responded with gains in the price of West Texas Intermediate crude.”

“Despite this bullish pressure, 38 of the 50 states saw a weekly decline in gas prices. However, this majority of states lowering gas prices wasn’t enough to move the national average significantly, a testament to the severity of California’s gas price hike,” said Speer. “As the refining issues impacting California aren’t expected to be resolved this week, California will continue to inflate the national gas price average into the new year.”

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