Oil prices set skyrocket according to shocking OPEC report | Gas prices set to hit 7 year high;
According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), retail gasoline and diesel prices in the United States averaged $3.176 for the week ending September 6—the highest level since 2014.

- Some producers are evacuating nonessential personnel from platforms that are expected to be in the path of the latest storm.
- But the higher gasoline prices haven’t stopped the EIA from forecasting that prices will eventually fall when refinery runs increase post-Ida. This forecast, however, was prior to Nicholas.
- GasBuddy has expanded its Fuel Availability Tracker to include Texas as a precautionary measure ahead of Nicholas, which is expected to bring significant flooding.
- According to GasBuddy, demand for gasoline has fallen for four weeks in a row, but on Sunday, U.S. gasoline demand “jumped 9.4% from the prior (holiday weekend) Sunday.”
- Gasoline demand was still down, however, compared to the previous four Sundays.
SOURCE: OILPRICE