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    <p>Get ready to reach deeper into your pocket. Hurricane Harvey is expected to blow higher gas prices into Pennsylvania in the next two weeks.</p><p>Drivers will see an increase between 5 cents and 15 cents per gallon, said Allison Mac, petroleum analyst at GasBuddy, a smartphone application that tracks gas prices.</p><p>"Currently 16 percent of the entire U.S. refining capacity has been shut down. The hurricane is taking place in the hub of the nation's refineries in Houston, Texas," Mac said. If more refineries close, the impact could be greater.</p><p>"It's hard to pinpoint a day prices will stop increasing. We don't know the impact of the hurricane yet," Mac said.<div id="paragraph-ad" style="display: block;margin-top: 15px;margin-bottom: 15px;float: left;clear: both;width: 100%;background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #F9F9F9;"><div style="margin-right: auto;margin-left: auto;text-align:center;padding:3px;width:294px;background-color:#776C58; "><font color="white">TODAY'S SPONSOR:</font></div><!-- /1013612/RE_Article_Block --><div id="div-gpt-midstory-block" style="height:250px; width:300px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto; border: 1px solid #ccc;"><script type='text/javascript'>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-midstory-block'); });</script></div></div></p><p>The Gulf Coast states, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, will feel the biggest impact in prices with increases of 20 cents to 35 cents per gallon. The Midwest could see per-gallon increases of between 10 cents and 25 cents. The Western U.S. could see increases from 5 cents to 15 cents percent gallon.</p><p>Supplies in the East are being supplemented with gas from Canadian refineries.</p><p>With a statewide average of $2.53 per gallon, Pennsylvania gas prices were up Monday, compared to the same time last year when the average was $2.32 a gallon, Mac said.</p><p>Gasbuddy senior petroleum analyst Patrick Dehaan said the impact could linger for several weeks or longer, depending on how long it takes Texas refineries to return to normal operations.</p><p>Despite the increase, Mac said prices have remained relatively low and steady in Pennsylvania this year, peaking in January at $2.63 per gallon.</p><p>From August 2013 to July 2015 average gas prices in Reading were higher than they have been at any time in 2017, Gasbuddy data shows - peaking at an average $3.76 per gallon in May 2014.</p><p>Contact Beth Brelje: 610-371-5022 or bbrelje@readingeagle.com.</p><p>
        
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