AAA Texas: Gas Prices Hold, But Outlook Murky.IRVING, Texas Irving (pronounced 'er-ving') is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 191,615; the 2006 estimate was 201,927 according to the North Central Texas Council of Governments, and 196,084 according to -- Texas gas prices stayed near record levels over the past week and began declining in some areas, 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. 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 Weekend Gas Watch. But the terrorist bombing in London and refinery production disruption disruption /dis·rup·tion/ (dis-rup´shun) a morphologic defect resulting from the extrinsic breakdown of, or interference with, a developmental process. along the Gulf Coast from Hurricane Dennis This article is about the Atlantic hurricane of 2005. For other storms of the same name, see Hurricane Dennis (disambiguation). Hurricane Dennis was an early-forming major hurricane in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. could start pushing prices in an unknown direction in coming weeks. "Analysts don't yet know what impact these disasters will have on prices," said AAA Texas spokesperson Carol Thorp. "Refinery production disruption can certainly increase prices significantly, but if security concerns start affecting summer travel, we could see prices drop." The Texas average price for regular self-serve decreased by less than half a penny to $2.128 a gallon gallon: see English units of measurement. , and nationally the average price remained unchanged at 2.221. Motorists 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). are paying the least at $2.040 a gallon and experienced the biggest price decrease statewide over the past week, of 4.1 cents. Dallas has the highest average at $2.156 a gallon -- 0.4 cents higher than last week. AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of 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 at popular destinations for automobile trips.
Average Daily Prices as of 12:01 a.m., July 8, 2005:
Last
Week's Weekly 2004
Area Current Average Change Record Price Average
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National $2.221 $2.221 Unchanged $2.276 (04/11/05) $1.930
State $2.128 $2.132 - 0.4 cents $2.175 (04/11/05) $1.822
Austin-San Unchanged
Marcos $2.081 $2.108 $2.159 (04/11/05) $1.811
Beaumont $2.107 $2.103 + 0.4 cents $2.140 (04/09/05) $1.823
Corpus Christi $2.040 $2.081 - 4.1 cents $2.173 (04/09/05) $1.728
Dallas $2.156 $2.152 + 0.4 cents $2.180 (04/09/05) $1.857
Ft. Worth $2.147 $2.144 + 0.3 cents $2.176 (04/11/05) $1.846
Galveston-
Texas City $2.130 $2.116 + 1.4 cents $2.159 (04/11/05) $1.811
Houston $2.118 $2.111 + 0.7 cents $2.154 (04/09/05) $1.808
San Antonio $2.077 $2.094 - 1.7 cents $2.151 (04/11/05) $1.780
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