TULSA, Okla — Gas prices continued to spike Tuesday across the U.S. including in the Tulsa area.
The price for a gallon of gas rose 20-to-30 cents over the last 24 hours. The average gallon of gas is costing Americans $4.91, according to AAA.
It rose to $4.49 and even $4.59 in some places in Tulsa on Tuesday.
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Tom Seng, the Director of TU’s School of Energy Economics says there are a couple of factors as to why we are seeing record high gas prices, starting with low inventory on barrels of crude oil.
“The industry is also running into like I said, supply chain issues and labor shortages," Seng says. "But it's truly a supply and demand situation."
Seng says the U.S. produces about 12 million barrels of oil a day, and imports four million. However, refineries are using about 16 million barrels a day and exporting four million, forcing the U.S. to draw additional barrels from inventory.
Seng says right now there’s no telling when gas prices could decrease.
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