Prices Stay Put at the Nation’s Gas Pumps

Retail gasoline prices remained steady during the last three weeks despite falling crude oil costs and lower winter demand, an industry analyst said Sunday.

The average price of gas nationwide Friday was about $1.52 per gallon, down just .07 cent from Jan. 19, according to the Lundberg Survey of 7,500 stations. The retail price dipped less than a penny per gallon in much of the country.

That was offset by slight increases in the Rocky Mountain and Western coastal states, which had seen prices dip in the previous two-week period, industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said.

Lundberg, based in Camarillo, said prices should remain steady and could dip again “if there are no problems in the system [of] refining or distribution.”