Del Mar Gas Prices Rise For Seventh Day

DEL MAR, CA - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County rose two-tenths of a cent Tuesday to $2.824, the seventh consecutive daily increase.

The average price is 1.5 cents more than one week ago and 6.1 cents higher than one month ago, but 11.6 cents lower than one year ago, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service.

The average price dropped for four consecutive days before the current streak of increases.

"Southern California gas prices have been in a bit of a holding pattern within a 10-cent range -- $2.75-$2.85 -- for about the last month," Marie Montgomery of the Automobile Club of Southern California told City News Service. "There have been some supply problems caused by two power outages at the Torrance refinery, but supplies of the summer blend seem to be adequate to prevent a price increase at the moment."

On Nov. 1, "gas stations will be able to sell the winter blend of fuel which is cheaper to produce, and that could put some downward pressure on gas prices, along with this being the traditional low-demand time of the year for gasoline," Montgomery said.

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