TMJ4 spoke with drivers who noticed the sudden price increase while filling up their tanks. Louis Boscarino and David Zastrow were among those caught off guard by the higher costs.

An outage at the Midwest's largest oil refinery is causing gas prices to surge across the entire Great Lakes region.

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - Gas prices in the Wausau area jumped from below $2.50 per gallon on Monday to over $2.90 on Tuesday following a refinery fire just outside Gary, Indiana. Patrick De Haan, a petroleum analyst with GasBuddy, said the price hike should be temporary as the refinery situation gets resolved.

As oil prices tumble on oversupply from OPEC, the rise in natural gas prices may be exactly what us producers need to survive the downturn.

The national average price for a gallon of gas has dipped below $3, according to Gas Buddy, but that low of prices aren’t being seen in Pennsylvania

The national average price of diesel has decreased 3.7 cents compared to a week ago and stands at $3.591 per gallon. The national average is down 19.3 cents per gallon from a month ago and stands 15.2 cents per gallon lower than a year ago, according to GasBuddy data.