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Gasoline prices in Ohio up 4 cents

YOUNGSTOWN

Gas prices in Northeast Ohio are 4 cents more this week at $1.974 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.

Pump prices rose across the Great Lakes and Central states, with Ohio (+8 cents) seeing the largest jump. With these increases, many states’ averages have moved back over the $2 per gallon mark (Ohio, $2.04).

For the sixth-straight week, gasoline inventories increased, adding a staggering 2.7 million barrels in the latest Energy Information Administration report. Total stocks sit at 57 million barrels – a 4 million year-over-year surplus.