Ohio gas prices down after refinery problems led to spike

COLUMBUS (AP) — Gas prices around Ohio are lower after refinery problems caused a spike recently in Great Lakes states.

The state’s average for a gallon of regular gas was about $2.66 in today’s survey from auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and WEX Inc. That’s a decrease of 19 cents from a week ago, and it’s down 81 cents from this time last year.

The national average today was $2.60, down about 7 cents from a week ago.

A partial shutdown of a large Indiana oil refinery earlier this month led to higher pump prices in Ohio and other surrounding states, even as low oil prices drove prices down in other parts of the country.