Utah's oil ranking: Report examines gas price vulnerability and state policies
Associated Press
Percent of income spent on gasoline by the average driver, 2011: 6.32% ($2,991)
State rank: 23
Percent of income spent on gasoline by the average driver, 2009: 4.34%
Percent of income spent on gasoline by the average driver, 2006: 4.46%
State policies: 14th in transit spending prioritization ranking.
>> A rig drilling an oil well for QEP Resources Inc., is shown on ranchland a few miles west of Cheyenne, Wyo., Thursday Sept. 30, 2010.
State rank: 23
Percent of income spent on gasoline by the average driver, 2009: 4.34%
Percent of income spent on gasoline by the average driver, 2006: 4.46%
State policies: 14th in transit spending prioritization ranking.
>> A rig drilling an oil well for QEP Resources Inc., is shown on ranchland a few miles west of Cheyenne, Wyo., Thursday Sept. 30, 2010.

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