AAA Texas: Gas Prices Find Their Levels Very Close to Record Price.Business Editors HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 2003 Gasoline gasoline or petrol, light, volatile mixture of hydrocarbons for use in the internal-combustion engine and as an organic solvent, obtained primarily by fractional distillation and "cracking" of petroleum, but also obtained from natural gas, by prices remained relatively stable last week with regional prices either rising or falling by less than a penny per gallon, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Weekend Gas Watch, compiled by AAA AAA: see American Automobile Association. (Triple A) A common single-cell battery used in a myriad of electronic devices of all variety. Like its double A (AA) cousin, it provides 1.5 volts of DC power. When used in series, the voltage is multiplied. Texas. The relative price stability comes less than a month after some Texas regions experienced record high prices. The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline as popular destinations for motoring trips. The statewide average price for a gallon of regular unleaded self-serve is $1.587, which is three-tenths of a cent below last week's level, 12 cents above the price last month and 50 cents higher than last year. Gasoline in Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, in Christianity Corpus Christi [Lat.,=body of Christ], feast of the Western Church, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday (or on the following Sunday). and Dallas increased by only one-tenth of a cent while Austin-San Marcos, Ft. Worth and San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. saw fractional fractional size expressed as a relative part of a unit. fractional catabolic rate the percentage of an available pool of body component, e.g. protein, iron, which is replaced, transferred or lost per unit of time. declines. The price of gas was unchanged from last week in Houston. "Factors, such as the possibility of war in Iraq and the on-going petroleum strike in Venezuela, still exist but the price stability indicates that worldwide markets have adjusted to them," said Carol Thorp, spokesperson for AAA Texas. "If international conditions remain the same, we would anticipate prices to remain close to their current levels in the coming week." Average prices as of 12:01 a.m., March 7, 2003: Area Regular Change Record Price ---- --------- ---------- ---------------- Austin-San Marcos $1.557 -0.4 cents $1.579 (2/18/03) Corpus Christi $1.557 +0.1 cents $1.590 (2/20/03) Dallas $1.596 +0.1 cents $1.666 (5/12/01) Ft. Worth $1.584 -0.8 cents $1.660 (5/22/01) Houston $1.588 Unchanged $1.639 (5/12/01) San Antonio $1.547 -0.8 cents $1.572 (2/15/03) |
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