Southern California Gas Prices Move Upward, Again
22 July 1999
Southern California Gas Prices Move Upward, Again
LOS ANGELES--July 20, 1999--The average price of a gallon of regular self-serve unleaded gasoline in Southern California edged upward 3.6 cents during the past month, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California Fuel Gauge Report.The July average price is $1.393 which compares with $1.357 on June 22.
The Southern California average price compares with a July state average of $1.43 per gallon. The July national average is $1.17 per gallon -- up 3.2 cents compared with June.
Travelers to northern California can expect to pay an average of $1.59 for regular, up nearly 15 cents from last month. San Francisco is higher at an average $1.69 per gallon for regular.
Refinery woes on the West Coast continue to plague supply, according to oil industry analysts. State officials have allowed Chevron to produce regular, non-cleaner burning gasoline rather than risk gasoline shortages.
Chevron continues to experience equipment problems at its key refinery in Richmond, where production had been reduced to less than a third of its normal 240,000 barrel a day average.
Nationally, U.S. demand for gasoline continues to increase while crude oil prices have reached a 19-month high due to limited production by OPEC countries. These two factors have also contributed to an increase at the pump.
OPEC nations say they won't consider any increase in production until March 2000. If OPEC countries hold to that decision, oil industry analysts expect prices to continue to rise.
In Southern California, the averages for regular and premium grades of gasoline are listed below:
UNL PRE Imperial County El Centro 1.5527 1.7165 Kern County Bakersfield 1.4293 1.6044 Ridgecrest 1.5543 n/a Los Angeles County Alhambra 1.3203 1.5070 Arcadia 1.3543 1.5350 Burbank 1.3265 1.5021 Culver City 1.3955 1.5523 Glendale 1.3233 1.5104 Glendora 1.3528 1.4961 Inglewood 1.3750 1.5347 Lancaster 1.3630 1.4970 Long Beach 1.3114 1.4902 Los Angeles 1.3565 1.5174 Manhattan Beach 1.3905 1.5790 Montebello 1.3569 1.5440 Santa Clarita 1.4367 1.6247 Santa Monica 1.4414 1.5890 Van Nuys 1.2984 1.4552 Whittier 1.2733 1.4368 Woodland Hills 1.3467 1.5384 Orange County Anaheim 1.2841 1.4421 Fullerton 1.2900 1.4525 Huntington Beach 1.2522 1.4090 La Habra 1.2365 1.4378 San Clemente 1.4023 1.6570 Newport Beach 1.3765 1.5665 Tustin 1.3261 1.4832 Laguna Hills 1.3599 1.4628 Riverside County Riverside 1.3331 1.4878 Palm Springs 1.4024 1.5434 Hemet 1.3644 1.5790 Blythe 1.5301 1.7323 San Diego County Chula Vista 1.3972 1.5840 Del Mar 1.3958 1.5965 Escondido 1.3254 1.5247 Oceanside 1.3519 1.5383 San Diego 1.3872 1.5543 San Bernardino County San Bernardino 1.3935 1.5282 Redlands 1.4267 1.5490 Victorville 1.3836 1.5715 Santa Barbara County Lompoc 1.5370 n/a Santa Barbara 1.5086 1.6777 Santa Maria 1.5133 1.6123 San Luis Obispo County San Luis Obispo 1.4828 1.6440 Tulare County Visalia 1.5069 1.7119 Porterville 1.5132 1.5890 Inyo County Bishop 1.5981 1.6990 Ventura County Ventura 1.4545 1.6265 So. Calif. Avg. 1.3936 1.5541
The Auto Club's Fuel Gauge Report is based on data gathered from monitoring fuel transactions at 2,800 Southern California gas stations. The data is provided by Oil Price Information Service -- the nation's most comprehensive source of petroleum pricing information.
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