(Credit for Photo: Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of AAA East Central)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Gas prices in Western Pennsylvania rose by two cents this week to an average of $4.16 per gallon, according to AAA East Central. 

The national average also increased, climbing seven cents to $4.11 per gallon. 

AAA said rising crude oil prices — recently around $96 per barrel — have contributed to the increase as tensions continue in the Persian Gulf. 

In Beaver County, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas is about $4.18. 

According to a release from AAA East Central and AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report, here are the average pricesof unleaded self-serve gasoline this week in various Pennsylvania areas:

$4.326      Altoona
$4.175      Beaver
$4.135      Bradford
$4.101      Brookville
$4.081      Butler
$4.184      Clarion
$4.234      DuBois
$4.198      Erie
$4.105      Greensburg
$4.162      Indiana
$4.163      Jeannette
$4.180      Kittanning
$4.138      Latrobe
$4.184      Meadville
$4.145      Mercer
$4.125      New Castle
$4.132      New Kensington
$4.199      Oil City
$4.177      Pittsburgh
$3.963      Sharon
$4.138      Uniontown
$4.298      Warren
$4.158      Washington