Mobil Oil Marianas has rolled back its gas prices again on Monday\u2014its second price rollback since Super Typhoon Yutu hit the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n
As of Monday, all Mobil gas stations lowered their gas prices by 20 cents, bringing their prices down from $4.43 per gallon of Extra fuel to $4.23 per gallon and their Supreme fuel is down from $4.80 per gallon to $4.60.<\/p>\n
Shell followed suit a couple of hours later; all Shell stations on Saipan allegedly shut down for a few hours.<\/p>\n
According to a Shell gas attendee, Shell was able to resume operations around 6:50pm Monday after Guam implemented the new gas prices. <\/p>\n
The CNMI saw its first gas price rollback of 2018 over a week ago, a month following the aftermath of Super Typhoon Yutu.<\/p>\n
Mobil brought their prices down from $4.53 per gallon of Extra fuel to $4.43 per gallon and their Supreme fuel went down from $4.90 per gallon to $4.80.<\/p>\n
Just last Oct. 11, Mobil raised its prices by 10 cents, making it the fourth gas hike of the year. That came nearly four months since the last price increase.<\/p>\n
The fourth price increase of the year boosted the price of Mobil\u2019s Extra fuel from $4.43 per gallon to $4.53 per gallon, while Mobil\u2019s Supreme fuel went up from $4.80 to $4.90 a gallon.<\/p>\n
The first gas price hike of the year was a 13-cent increase implemented on Jan. 8, 2018, raising gas prices from $3.95 to $4.08 per gallon. That was later raised after a month by 15 cents on Feb. 5, 2018, which was the second gas hike of the year. Gas went from $4.08 to $4.23 per gallon. Three months later, on May 14, the third gas price increase was at 20 cents, raising gas prices from $4.23 to $4.43 per gallon.<\/p>\n
According to Saipan Tribune archives, gas prices were at $3.48 in early 2016 and continued to increase until it reached $3.93 in December 2016. A decrease of 10 cents was seen in June of 2017 before it increased by 10 cents again in October 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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