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

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Gas prices are 23 cents higher in Western Pennsylvania this week at about $4.54 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. 

The national average for a gallon of regular gas has increased to $4.31, going up 16 cents over the past week as crude oil prices continue to rise.  

Volatility that is in the Strait of Hormuz has pushed crude oil back in the range of $100 per barrel for the first time since July. 

Prices at the gas pump are presently comparable to early June.  

The national average for a gallon of gas is going up during a season when gas prices typically go down because of a lower demand for gas. 

The report states that the average price that you can expect for a gallon of regular unleaded gas here in Beaver County is about $4.58.

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

$4.473      Altoona 
$4.577      Beaver 
$4.482      Bradford 
$4.453      Brookville 
$4.593      Butler 
$4.461      Clarion 
$4.448      DuBois 
$4.537      Erie 
$4.546      Greensburg 
$4.585      Indiana 
$4.596      Jeannette 
$4.561      Kittanning 
$4.594      Latrobe 
$4.586      Meadville 
$4.548      Mercer 
$4.477      New Castle 
$4.557      New Kensington 
$4.569      Oil City 
$4.563      Pittsburgh 
$4.415      Sharon 
$4.595      Uniontown 
$4.560      Warren 
$4.580      Washington