Drivers should wait a day to fill up as gas prices are set to slide six cents on Thursday.
B次元官网网址淭he best day to buy gasoline looks like Thursday tomorrow,B次元官网网址� GasBuddy.com senior analyst Dan McTeague said. B次元官网网址淏ut that could go back up due to volatility.B次元官网网址�
Prices in cities like Victoria, Nanaimo and Courtenay could see prices drop to the mid-1.30s.
Speaking by phone with Black Press Media, McTeague said the recent decrease in gas prices is linked to refineries in Washington State coming back online.
ThursdayB次元官网网址檚 drop, however, is linked to an B次元官网网址渉istoricB次元官网网址� seven-cent drop in crude oil prices that McTeague said comes after expected sanctions on Iran did not hurt global oil supply as expected.
Instead, he said oil has dropped almost $20 a barrel since the start of October.
B次元官网网址淭he U.S. State Department gave waivers to pretty much every country that matters [in oil trading]B次元官网网址� effectively creating a glut,B次元官网网址� McTeague said.
B次元官网网址淩ussia, Ukraine, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries had decided to up supply in response.B次元官网网址�
McTeague said gas prices could jump again by a cent on Friday, but doesnB次元官网网址檛 expect to see anything like the highs of 163.9 cents a litre in Metro Vancouver in recent months.
B次元官网网址淪hort of some kind of refinery issue or unusually cold winter or some geopolitical eventB次元官网网址� gas will stay in the 1.35 to 1.45 range.B次元官网网址�
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