You can see gas prices are usually tied to oil prices. There may be temporary blips due to things like loss of refining capacity because of a hurricane.

Current Prices:

                               
Weekly U.S. Regular All Formulations Retail Gasoline Prices (Dollars per Gallon)

Retail Prices for Regular Gasoline | EIA: Weekly | Annual
Weekly Cushing, OK Crude Oil Future Contract 1 (Dollars per Barrel) at EIA

Gas Price Historical Price Charts - GasBuddy.com

Historical:




DOE Energy Information Administration (EIA)



Sources: DOE Energy Information Administration (EIA)  (chart no longer available)



History and Analysis -Crude Oil Prices
Table 5.24  Retail Motor Gasoline and On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices, 1949-2007
Recent weekly prices (year 2000 and after) for regular gasoline from U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
Gas prices 1973-1999 from Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Gas price before 1973 (annual) from DOE
Inflation adjusted crude oil at InflationData.com

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Consumer Price Index

Links:
History of Crude Oil Prices
Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) prices

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last updated 24 June 2008