Virginia gas prices fall for third straight week

(The Center Square) – Virginians are paying less at the pump this week as gasoline prices have fallen for three straight weeks, with the statewide average for regular unleaded gasoline dropping to $3.77 per gallon, according to AAA.

Virginia’s average price was down from $3.91 a week ago and $4.32 a month ago. The average stood at $3.06 per gallon one year ago.

The national average for regular unleaded gasoline was $4.03 per gallon Wednesday, also continuing a three-week decline.

AAA said the national average has fallen from about $4.56 per gallon on May 21. The organization attributed the decline in part to crude oil prices remaining below $100 per barrel.

Prices have fallen across Virginia’s major metropolitan areas over the past month.

The Richmond-Petersburg area averaged $3.70 per gallon Wednesday, down from $4.35 a month ago. Lynchburg averaged $3.68 per gallon, down from $4.25 a month ago. Northern Virginia averaged $3.85, compared with $4.41 a month earlier.

GasBuddy analyst Patrick De ...