{"id":390183,"date":"2023-04-25T06:05:20","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T20:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=390183"},"modified":"2023-04-25T06:05:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T20:05:20","slug":"gas-prices-down-10-cents-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/gas-prices-down-10-cents-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas prices down 10 cents"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_390184\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-390184\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Gas-pix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-390184\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Gas-pix-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-390184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The price of fuel in the CNMI continues to fluctuate, with oil companies lowering gas prices just weeks after hiking them up. Here, a Mobil Oil Marianas price board displays the new lower price of gas.<br \/>(KIMBERLY B. ESMORES)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The recent trend in fuel prices is causing a minor whiplash among drivers, with gas prices down 10 cents yesterday, just a little over two weeks since a recent increase.<\/p>\n<p>Mobil Oil Marianas took the lead again, raising its prices late yesterday afternoon, while Shell Marianas is expected to follow suit today. The two oil companies typically mirror each other\u2019s price adjustments.<\/p>\n<p>With this new oil price dip, Mobil now charges $5.31 per gallon of its Extra fuel from $5.41. Mobil\u2019s Supreme fuel also saw a reduction from $5.86 per gallon to $5.76 while diesel fuel went from $5.73 per gallon to $5.58.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to this decrease, local oil companies raised prices from $5.26 per gallon of regular fuel to $5.41. Prior to that, gas went from $5.11 per gallon of regular fuel to $5.26.<\/p>\n<p>Some local motorists appear frustrated by the fluctuating fuel prices while others seem unbothered.<\/p>\n<p>According to a 38-year-old motorist, he would rather see prices at a steady rate than increasing or decreasing every couple of weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIts like they\u2019re playing around with these prices. One week it\u2019s up, the next week it\u2019s down. Just leave it alone. If it\u2019s high, keep it there; if it\u2019s low, keep it there. The constant change just gives people false hope,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Another motorist said she\u2019s always happy to see a decrease in fuel prices, even if it is just a few cents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t really care much about the gas prices increasing or decreasing because it\u2019s only a few cents. I mean if it was like a dollar, then yes, I would be more bothered. However, I can say I\u2019m happy for whatever relief our community is given, even if it\u2019s just a few cents,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent trend in fuel prices is causing a minor whiplash among drivers, with gas&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":390185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[900],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-390183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}