Supply worries sent the average gasoline price soaring in California which has the highest prices in the mainland United States, the Automobile Club of Southern California reported Friday.
The price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline went up 11.2 cents higher in Los Angeles County and 14 cents in Orange County this week.
In Los Angeles County, the average rose to 3.199 dollars -- 2 cents less than last month, but 52 cents more than this time last year. The average had risen seven-tenths of a cent from Feb. 8-15 and fell four-tenths of a cent from Feb. 1-8.
The Orange County average rose to 3.15 dollars a gallon -- 5 cents more than last month and 51 cents more than this time last year. The average rose nine-tenths of a cent from Feb. 8-15 and one-tenth of a cent from Feb. 1-8.
"In the past week, California resumed its usual place as the state with the second most-expensive gasoline next to Hawaii with these double-digit price increases," Auto Club spokesman Jeffrey Spring said.
"But prices are increasing around the rest of the country as well. Oil industry analysts say wholesale gasoline prices have risen in reaction to supply worries, despite a reported decrease in demand."
The Auto Club provides gasoline prices in selected portions of California and Nevada.
Source: Xinhua
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