Monday, October 10, 2011 – Steve Fermier

You may be pleasantly surprised at the pumps today.

In fact, the downward price trend that started about a month ago isn’t letting up.

Marylandgasprices.com is showing some prices now at or slightly below the 3 dollar mark for the first time in a long time.

Those are actually in the city and close suburbs.

A BP station on Park Heights Avenue was showing self serve regular at 2.90.

Mostly it’s closer to 3.30 a gallon now on average across Maryland.

But that’s down in the last week and from a month ago when it was closer to 3.60.

But what a difference a year makes. 2.75 in October 2010. The good old days.

Per barrel price for crude oil was on the rise this morning on international markets, at over $83.