Price of oil tumbles on COVID news — Will pump prices follow?
(November 30, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Crude oil prices initially tumbled more than $10 to $68 a barrel on Friday after news of the Omicron COVID-19 variant broke. Meanwhile, consumers caught a little break as the national average price for a gallon of gas dropped to $3.39, down a penny since last week.