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Riverside County's Average Gas Price Lowest Since August 2017

The average price has dropped 31 consecutive days, decreasing 54.9 cents.

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The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Riverside County dropped Saturday to its lowest amount since Aug. 10, 2017, decreasing 1.4 cents to $2.917.

The average price has dropped 31 consecutive days, decreasing 54.9 cents, including 1.4 cents on Friday, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service.

The average price is 10.7 cents less than one week ago, 54.9 cents lower than one month ago and 74.5 cents below what it was one year ago. It has decreased 59.1 cents since the start of the year.

The 2017 average included stations in San Bernardino County.

The sharp increase in oil prices won't affect gasoline prices in Southern California "for some time," according to Jeffrey Spring, the Automobile Club of Southern California's corporate communications manager.

"Although prices jumped in the past three days, they are still about half of what they were at the beginning of the year," Spring told City News Service. "They jumped on the hope that Russia, Saudi Arabia (and now the U.S.) can agree on production cuts.  If they can't in the next few days, prices may drop again.

"Demand is still very weak. OPIS is estimating that demand in the Western U.S. has been nearly halved compared to this time last year.  As long as production is decreasing and inventories are increasing, I think we'll see these low prices at least for the next few weeks."

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