While the current average cost of a regular gallon of gas in Massachusetts is $3.25, a premium gallon will set drivers back $4.16 — a much bigger gap in cost than in the past.
It's fair to say that gas prices have been on a rollercoaster ride over the past few years, but some drivers have been faced with stubbornly stagnant fuel costs that won't seem to sink beneath the four-dollar mark in Massachusetts.regular gallon of gas in Massachusetts is $3.25, a premium gallon will set drivers back $4.16AAA Northeast says the difference in prices used to be in the range of 20 to 40 cents.
"A key ingredient in making premium fuel is in shorter supply," Mark Schieldrop of AAA Northeast said."So that means that refiners had to look to other places and use other components to make that refined product to make higher octane gas."Sign up for NECN newsletters. This travel season is expected to be the busiest since before the pandemic. If you're driving this year, you can expect a whole lot of company on the roads. 49 million people are expected to be traveling by car, despite higher gas prices, AAA predicts.
Schiedrop said more of that ingredient — called isobutane — has been used in diesel production, which saw a big increase in price in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. "Making diesel meant making a lot more money," Schieldrop said."So a lot of the gasoline production that normally would occur switched over to diesel production."
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