AAA Texas reports gas prices to trend upward amid Middle East tensions

TEXAS (KAUZ) - AAA Texas reports the statewide average gas price in Texas is now $3.41 per gallon of regular unleaded, which is 7 cents higher than a week ago and 61 cents higher per gallon than this day last year.

AAA Texas shared that oil prices have risen in the past week to between $74 and $78 a barrel as of this morning, compared to near $70 a barrel last week, after escalating attacks on ships through the Strait of Hormuz and additional strikes in Iran and other Middle East countries.

According to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch, the national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is $3.84, which is one cent more than this day last week and 68 cents more compared to this day last year.