据油价网7月8日报道，根据美国汽车协会的数据，尽管汽油价格仍比去年同期高出1.50美元/加仑，但隔夜大幅下跌，创下近15年来最大单日跌幅。

周五，美国汽油平均价格为每加仑4.721美元，低于周四的每加仑4.752美元——下降3.1美分。周变化更显著，为12.1美分。

据Gas Buddy的Patrick De Haan称，全国超过5800家加油站的汽油价格为每加仑3.99美元或更低。

尽管本周汽油价格呈下降趋势，但仍比去年同期高出1.58美元。随着周四和周五原油价格上涨，汽油价格继续下跌，但原油价格仍较上周明显下降。

WTI原油周五上涨2.01美元，至每桶104.70美元，本周下跌近4美元。

汽油价格高企一直是美国政府的一个担忧。为了平息汽油价格高企的局面，政府迄今已从国家战略石油储备中释放了超过1.45亿桶原油，使其降至几十年来从未见过的水平。

但占汽油成本约60%的原油价格本周下跌，很大程度上是由于对经济衰退的担忧。

政府采取的另一项措施包括要求欧佩克+增加产量，但该组织要么不愿意，要么无法达到其生产配额。

据De Haan说，美国汽油需求较上周下降了4.5%左右，也是汽油价格下降的一个原因。

黎泱 编译自 油价网

原文如下：

Gasoline Prices See The Largest Drop In Nearly 15 Years

While gasoline prices are still $1.50 higher per gallon than they were this time last year, they fell sharply overnight in what was the largest one-day drop in nearly 15 years, according to AAA data.

The current price for a gallon of gasoline in the United States is averaging $4.721 on Friday, down from $4.752 per gallon on Thursday—a 3.1-cent drop. The weekly change is even more significant at 12.1 cents.

According to Gas Buddy’s Patrick De Haan, more than 5,800 gas stations across the country are offering gasoline at $3.99 per gallon or less.

While they are trending down this week, gasoline prices are still $1.58 higher than they were this time last year. Gasoline prices continued to drop as crude oil prices rose on Thursday and Friday, but crude oil prices are still down significantly week on week.

WTI crude was trading up $2.01 per barrel on Friday at $104.70—down almost $4 on the week.

High gasoline prices have been a worry for the Administration, which has so far released more than 145 million barrels of crude oil from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserves, bringing the SPR down to levels not seen in decades in order to calm the high prices at the pump.

But the falling price of crude oil-—which makes up about 60% of the cost of gasoline—fell this week largely on fears of a recession.

Another measure that the Administration has taken includes asking OPEC+ to pump more, but the group has been either unwilling or unable to live up to its production quotas.

Also contributing to the price decrease in gasoline is U.S. gasoline demand, which is down roughly 4.5% from last week, according to De Haan.