Rhode Island gas prices have jumped up nearly a dime in the last week.
RIGasPrices.com reports the average price in the Ocean State is three-eighteen.
The national average is three-29.
Oil industry analysts are blaming increasing gas prices on the surging price of crude oil, which is now above 80-dollars a barrel.
In Massachusetts the pump price on average is 3-19 a gallon.
In Connecticut it is 3-31 a gallon.
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