Attention Michiganians: Expect to get screwed even more at the gas pump.
As gas pirces are going down around the country, prices in Michigan and the Great Lakes region are expected to keep rising, WXYZ reports.
WXYZ reports that gasoline in Michigan is $4.22 a gallon, according to GasBuddy.com.
The gas website reports the national average is only $3.64 a gallon and going down.
WXYZ reports on its website:
In the words of a petroleum analyst, Michigan is on the receiving end of "bad luck".
“I don’t want people to start getting paranoid,” says Gregg Luskoski a petroleum analyst for GasBuddy. “But the Great Lakes and Michigan is where all these problems are connected.”
Luskoski believes five refineries: One in Michigan and Indiana and three in Illinois are creating the price spike. An Exxon refinery in Joilet, Ilinios expected to shut down for a month of maintenance had to buy gasoline on the open market after 42 days of being off-line to meet a contractual obligation after. That sent shock waves through oil traders.
