Gas prices skyrocket in Northeast Ohio

Northeast Ohio gas prices shot upward 12.4 cents this week.

The average price for a gallon of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline is $2.806 at the pump. The national average for a gallon of self-serve regular is $2.717, which is 3.5 cents higher than a week ago.

According to AAA’s Fuel Gauge, maintaining the momentum gained last Friday, oil futures finished the formal trading session on the NYMEX up 74 cents, settling at $77.19.

The shutdown of two Enbridge pipelines in the upper Midwest is one of several factors driving crude prices to their highest levels since August 11th.