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Tropical Storm Isaac to Increase Bolingbrook Gas Prices

AAA officials have said that Tropical Storm Isaac -- soon expected to become Hurricane Isaac -- may cause gas prices in Illinois to surge.

 

Gas prices nationwide could increase by 10 cents or more by this time next week.

Officials from AAA have said that Tropical Storm Issac, which is currently ripping across the Gulf of Mexico, will shut down offshore oil rigs.

The National Hurricane Center has predicted that the tropical storm will become a hurricane on Tuesday with 74 to 95 mph winds. It is expected to hit from an area southwest of New Orleans to the edge of Florida's panhandle.

Several Bolingbrook gas stations still had gas at $3.99 as of Tuesday afternoon, though several others had gas at $4.25, according to gasbuddy.com

Here's where you can find the cheapest gas: 

  • $3.99, Marathon, 290 Veterans Pkwy. and Lily Cache Lane
  • $3.99, Costco, 830 E Boughton Rd. and Woodward Avenue 
  • $3.99, 7-Eleven, 398 S. Schmidt Rd. and Lily Cache Lane
  • $4.09, BP, 543 S Bolingbrook Dr. and S Frontage Rd.

Nationwide, the average price for a gallon of unleaded was $3.75 on Monday, up nearly 30 cents from a month ago.

Tropical Storm Isaac targeted a broad swath of the Gulf Coast on Monday, bearing down just ahead of the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

The potential for a landfall as a Category 1 hurricane as soon as Tuesday prompted evacuations along a wide area of the Gulf Coast and sent people out to stock up on staples.

Related Topics: Bolingbrook, Gas Prices, hurricane isaac, and tropical storm Isaac

John Tips

3:16 pm on Wednesday, August 29, 2012

$5.00 per gallon! - Will this be the next step? The price of gasoline is once again on the rise it seems, due to Hurricane Issac they claim!

However people - here are the FACTS : Todays price per barrel of crude is $96.940002 cents per barrel! the price of gasoline in Northern Illinois at our pumps ranges from $3.75-$ 4.25 per gallon.

In 2008 the price of regular grade gasoline here in the MIDWEST hit $4.12 cents per gallon at the pump - yet the price per barrel of crude was and incredible $146.43!

ARE YOU THINKERS GETTING THE PICTURE?????
YES - we are all getting ripped off by the oil industry - yet hardly a soul seems to care! Information provided by Gasbuddy.com

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