CAMARILLO, CA --- Prompted by declining demand at the pump, the average price of regular gasoline at U.S. filling stations fell to $2.78, the Lundberg Survey reported this weekend.
Gasoline dropped 53 cents, or 16 percent, in the two weeks ended Oct. 24, according to oil analyst Trilby Lundberg's survey of 7,000 filling stations nationwide. Crude oil, which represents about 73 percent of gasoline's pump price, has fallen 56 percent from a record $147.27 a barrel reached on July 11.








