Drivers Feeling The Pain At The Pumps As Gas Prices Continue To Rise Across Pittsburgh Area

By John Shumway, CBS Pittsburgh

March 9, 2021

If you have filled up your gas tank lately, you have felt the sting of rising gas prices. The price of gas for the cheap stuff is now over three dollars a gallon in the Pittsburgh area which is about 45 cents per gallon more than a year ago when the pandemic began. Most of that increase has come in just the past few months.

Patrick DeHaan, Senior Oil Analyst for GasBuddy.com says the issue is with COVID-19 numbers dropping and vaccinations spreading quickly, we are starting to get out and go again.

“Gasoline demand is at its highest level since the pandemic started. On the supply side, supply has not really recovered at all in the last few months as demand has gone up. OPEC last week decided to extend production cuts from last year. ”

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