Gas should stay around $2.20

Look for gasoline prices to hold steady in coming months unless a major event disrupts oil supply, an observer said.

Even an unsettling event — such as a U.S. attack on Iran — would not bring prices of $3 a gallon, said Dr. A.F. Alhajji, energy economist at Ohio Northern University.

“Three dollars is over. We’re not going to go back,” he said.

A major disruption in the market likely would bring prices of about $2.50 to $2.60 a gallon, he said.

More likely, however, is that prices in Ohio will stay at about $2.20 a gallon, he said.

The current prices are about where they should be, given the price of crude oil and the world’s political climate, he said.

Most experts were surprised last fall when prices dipped under $2 a gallon, he said. Those prices weren’t expected to last, he said.

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