Pipeline spill leads to rising gas prices across U.S.
Gas prices in Maine have remained low, as the average price for a gallon of gas increased by a single cent to $2.23.
During the one-week until Tuesday, the average national price for a gallon of gas jumped by three cents to $2.21, according to the price-tracking website GasBuddy.
The $2.23 statewide average in Maine reported on Tuesday morning is higher than both New Hampshire’s and Vermont’s average price of $2.21 per gallon.
“Gasoline prices nationally rose 2.7 cents per gallon to $2.21 in the last week on the heels of a major pipeline outage in the Southeast, sparking supply shortages and higher gasoline prices in some areas,” Patrick DeHaan, Gasbuddy senior petroleum analyst, said in a release.
He added, “The Colonial pipeline delivers gasoline from Gulf Coast oil refineries to much of the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic areas, but a Sept. 9 spill found by a mine inspector has had major impacts on gasoline prices and availability in six states: Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, and threatens to even have pricing impacts in neighboring states as gasoline supply is diverted to the affected states.”
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