MOBIL Oil Marianas and Shell Marianas raised their fuel prices by 10 cents over the weekend. It was the second fuel price hike so far this year.
Mobil Oil Marianas in San Jose displays its new fuel prices on Friday.
Photo by Emmanuel T. Erediano
From $3.98 a gallon, the regular gas price is now $4.08 a gallon. The premium gas price went up to $4.53 a gallon from $4.43 a gallon while diesel is now $4.26 a gallon from $4.16 a gallon.
“It’s now getting crazy,” said Brian Adelbai who drives from his home in Koblerville to his work in Garapan, Monday to Friday.
On weekends, he drives to the Dandan ball field to prepare for the reopening of the softball season.
“So I spend $45 on gas in two weeks. Now that the price is over $4 a gallon, I think I’ll have to spend more,” he said. “I hope it’s not going to go up again soon,” he added, referring to the fuel prices.
U.S. media reports indicate that “optimism for the Covid-19 vaccine and hopes for the beginning of an economic recovery have helped push up gasoline prices…nationwide.”
In Los Angeles county, the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline rose Saturday for the 20th time in the past 21 days, according to NBC.
