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The price of regular unleaded gas on average was $3.063 per gallon on Tuesday, down from $3.183 a month ago and $3.313 a year ago, according to AAA. This story has been updated with new information.
Regular Unleaded Mid-Grade Unleaded Premium Unleaded Notes Alabama: 87 89 93 Alaska: 87 88.5 90 Arizona: 87 89 91 Arkansas: 87 89 91/93 Northwest Arkansas primarily sells 87/89/91 octane. 93 octane is available at select Kum & Go's in the Northwest and Central regions of the state. California: 87 89 91 Colorado: 85 87 91 Connecticut: 87 89 93
High gas prices aren't going away soon, but if you're paying extra for premium, you probably can save the money. And don't even think about midgrade.
"Regular" unleaded fuel is 95 RON; "Premium" fuel is rated at 97 RON (Shell's V-Power Racing is rated minimum 97 RON). Petron sells 100 RON in selected outlets. [70] Mexico: The standard octane index is 87 AKI for regular fuel and anywhere from 91 to 93 AKI for premium fuel, although 91 AKI is the most common octane number for premium fuel.
The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas is currently $3.40. Of the major metropolitan areas surveyed in Missouri, drivers in Columbia are paying the most at $3.28 on average.
The largest component of the average price of $2.80/gallon of regular grade gasoline in the United States from 2012 through 2021, representing 54.8% of the price of gas, was the price of crude oil. The second largest component during the same period was taxes—federal and state taxes representing 17% of the price of gas.
Due to ethanol's greater stability under pressure it is used by Shell in their 100 octane fuel. Similarly IFS add 10% ethanol to their 91 octane fuel, label it premium fuel and sell it more cheaply than regular unleaded. This is converse to the general practice of adding ethanol to a lesser quality fuel to bring its octane rating up to 91.
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