Article: Gas costs inch near record high.(Travel)(Oregon prices remain below September 2003 benchmark)

Byline: From Register-Guard and news service reports

Nationally, gasoline prices are inching to within pennies of their record highs, but in Oregon prices are still far from their all-time peaks hit in September 2003.

Nationally, the retail price of unleaded gasoline climbed last week to $1.74 a gallon, the Energy Department said Monday, about a penny shy of the highest price since the department began collecting data.

Together, the high prices for crude oil, strong demand and low commercial inventories made gasoline expensive this winter. Analysts expect those same trends to be in place this summer.

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