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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The gasoline price picture is turning out to be as gloomy as the weather.

Self-service regular prices rose another 4 cents over the past week, to $2.72 per gallon, according to the state's weekly survey of 13 stations. Since the beginning of the year, prices have been going up 4 cents per gallon per week, which means at the current pace we'll be paying $3 per gallon by mid-August.

A similar survey by AAA Southern New England put the average price at $2.71, which is five cents more than AAA's survey found last week.

AAA says the average gas price has increased 10 straight weeks in Rhode Island.

The price of diesel, after logging a 7-cent jump the previous week, rose 3 cents to $2.71 per gallon, according to the survey.

Home heating oil prices increased a penny in the last week, to $2.47 per gallon. Among the nine retailers surveyed, the range of prices was wide, from a low of $2.08 to a high of $2.85.

-- With projo.com reports

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