Fuel price ranges drop 6 cents past 7 days | Small business

DEARBORN — Michigan motorists compensated an typical of $3.19 for each gallon for common unleaded gasoline on Sunday.

The average rate is 6 cents less than a week ago, in accordance to the weekly report from AAA — The Car Club Group. The average price tag of $3.19 is the similar as it was in July 2021, but $1.01 greater than the normal paid out in August 2020.

Motorists pay out an average of $47 for a comprehensive 15-gallon tank of gasoline. The fill-up value is about $8 far more than recorded in January 2020.

The Energy Info Administration’s weekly report said gasoline demand diminished previous 7 days, from 9.43 million barrels per working day to 9.33 million. The need lower served whole gasoline stocks raise.

Crude oil charges also dropped very last week “because of to marketplace issues that crude demand will decrease due to surging coronavirus an infection prices across the globe,” according to the launch. The crude oil value lessen occurred in spite of EIA’s report displaying whole domestic crude stocks decreased.

“If demand carries on to soften and source builds all through this thirty day period, pump price ranges might carry on to decrease in advance of Labor Day weekend,” AAA — The Auto Club spokesperson Adrienne Woodland reported in the launch.

The most highly-priced gasoline price averages in Michigan were in metro Detroit ($3.31), Ann Arbor ($3.26) and Marquette ($3.24). The minimum high priced gas price averages ended up reported in Benton Harbor ($3.05), Lansing ($3.06) and Grand Rapids ($3.08).

The national regular of a gallon of regular unleaded on Sunday was $3.16. That figure marked a 2 cent decrease from a 7 days in the past and is unchanged from a thirty day period in the past. 

The national average in August 2020 was $2.19.

Daily countrywide and state gas value averages can be located at Gasprices.aaa.com or by downloading the free of charge AAA cell app.