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Oklahoma Pump Prices up But Still Lowest in the U.S.

More Dollars are going into your gas tank. The price of gas jumped to $2.09 per gallon in Tulsa overnight.
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More Dollars are going into your gas tank. The price of gas jumped to $2.09 per gallon in Tulsa overnight.

If you thought gas has gotten more expensive during the holiday season, you’re right.

"We're seeing prices creep back up again. We've risen about 17 cents since the latter part of November," said AAA Oklahoma's Chuck Mai.

Oklahoma, however, is tied with Arkansas for the nation’s cheapest gas right now at an average of $2.02 per gallon. Nationally, the average price for a gallon of regular gas is $2.24, an increase of 11 cents over the past three weeks.

Mai expects prices will remain frozen until next month, when OPEC’s announced production cuts are due to take effect. If the cartel doesn’t follow through, however, and production stays the same, pump prices should, too.

"If we see a decrease in production, though, we'll see an increase in oil prices and the pump price will rise accordingly," Mai said.

Matt Trotter joined KWGS as a reporter in 2013. Before coming to Public Radio Tulsa, he was the investigative producer at KJRH. His freelance work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times and on MSNBC and CNN.