Charlotte Gas Prices Spike In One Week From An Average Of $2.15 To Now $2.45
Prices at the pump began to spike in the Carolinas and the rest of the country this week after drone attacks on two major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, Drivers who paid $2.19 for a gallon of regular unleaded last week are now paying $2.45 a gallon.
Prices at the pump began to spike in the Carolinas and the rest of the country this week after drone attacks on two major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia last weekend spooked markets, according to AAA.
Drivers who paid $2.19 per gallon of regular unleaded gas at the Circle K in the 6500 block of Brookshire Boulevard in Charlotte on Monday paid $2.45 per gallon on Tuesday morning, a worker at the station told The Charlotte Observer.
That price already surpassed the 25-cent-a-gallon spike that AAA officials on Monday anticipated happening by the end of September.
“As expected, today Carolinians woke up to higher gas prices, but whether this increase will be a short or long-term trend will be determined by how quickly the facilities in Saudi Arabia can recover and get back online,” AAA Carolinas spokeswoman Tiffany Wright
