The emergency shutdown of the Whiting refinery that sent gas prices up by almost 50% last week had a major impact on the weekly average. Average retail gasoline prices in Indiana rose over 60-cents per gallon last week, averaging $2.97/g yesterday according to GasBuddy's daily survey of over 3,000 gas outlets in Indiana. That compares with the national average that has increased 8.5 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.68/g according to www.GasBuddy.com. Locally, the low prices in the area are in Warsaw and Wabash where some stations have dropped to $2.84, it's $2.88 in Goshen, $2.91 in Plymouth and $2.96 in Columbia City. Around the region this morning, the low price was $2.69 in Fort Wayne and a few stations in South Bend are charging $2.79.
