The statewide average of $2.02 per gallon of gasoline is 3 cents lower than last week, according to AAA. In Bismarck, the average price on Monday was $1.99.

AAA reports that two-thirds of gas stations in North Dakota are selling gasoline for below $2 per gallon.

Gasoline prices tend to reflect crude oil prices, which have been low since they first dove this past spring amid a price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia, as well as the onset of the pandemic. With less travel taking place this year, demand for oil is down.

Concerns about a rise in cases of COVID-19 globally, as well as new lockdown policies in some countries, have pushed prices down in recent weeks, according to AAA. England is the latest country to enact a broad lockdown, which takes effect Thursday.

This time last year, North Dakota drivers paid an average of $2.55 per gallon.