MO retains second-lowest nationwide gas price

Missouri's gas average fell 1.5 cents during the past week, leading the state to again rank second on GasBuddy.com's list of the lowest averages in the nation.

At $2.93 per gallon this morning, Missouri's average was second only to Oklahoma, with its average of $2.90 per gallon.

The Show-Me State's average represents a 9.4-cent increase from a month ago but a 12.2-cent decrease from a year ago. The U.S. average, which decreased 0.7 cents during the past week to $3.24 per gallon yesterday, increased 3.9 cents month-to-month but dropped 10.4 cents year-to-year, according to a news release.

This morning in Missouri, the lowest price of gas, $2.72 per gallon, was available at four filling stations in Osage Beach. At $3.29 per gallon, the highest price of gas was selling at a station in St. Louis, according to MissouriGasPrices.com.

Springfieldians could purchase gas at a low price of $2.78 per gallon at Sam's Club stores, 745 W. El Camino Alto Drive and 3660 E. Sunshine St. Elsewhere in the city, prices ranged from $2.93 per gallon to $2.97 per gallon.

West Texas Intermediate crude oil was trading at $92.65 per barrel as of 10:50 a.m., compared to $92.72 per barrel a week ago. Light sweet crude oil futures for January were trading at $97.78 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.