Gas in CT well over the $4.00 mark

ENFIELD, Conn. (WWLP) - While prices at the pump are dropping in some areas of the country, we're not so lucky.

Prices aren't nearly as high as they are in California where some drivers are paying more than $5.00 for a gallon of regular but people here are worried prices will be there soon.

Right now the average price for gas in Massachusetts is around $3.90. Drive a few miles and jump over the state line into Connecticut, the average is $4.10 but expect to pay even more than that, here in Enfield.

You'll pay $4.23 in Enfield and even more in other parts of the state according to some residents there.

"They're ridiculous, there's no need for it," said Manchester, Connecticut's Paul Moore.

Moore is one of several people who fill up in Massachusetts any chance they get.

Same goes for William Comrie who works in Connecticut.

"I could easily go to the gas station that's right there I usually back track and either fill up here or a little further because I know the prices are going to be a lot cheaper here versus where I work,"  Comrie said.

In California, refinery problems are to blame for the costs.

Raymond James and Associates Senior Vice President of Investments, Mark Teed, says tension overseas is partly to blame for the costs here but there's a silver lining.

"The good news down the road is that it looks like a lot of supply is coming online, the world economy has slowed a little bit so all of a sudden we're going to be stuck with too much inventory which means prices are going to fall," Teed said.

Even with predictions that prices will come down, some people say they're always bracing for the worst.

"I don't make double trips. I just make one trip and get more done because it's too expensive," Wilbraham's Tony Fazio said.

If prices do come down, question is, by how much.

Teed says he's expecting a barrel of oil which is 90 dollars to be at 65 dollars, a win for consumers if it happens.