AAA Texas: Weekend Gas Watch; Eight Weeks of Price Decreases Reverse Trend.HOUSTON Houston, city (1990 pop. 1,630,553), seat of Harris co., SE Tex., a deepwater port on the Houston Ship Channel; inc. 1837. Economy The fourth largest city in the nation and the largest in the entire South and Southwest, Houston is a port of entry; -- After eight straight weeks of gas price decreases, this week's 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 shows pump prices have started to inch upward. The statewide average price for a gallon gallon: see English units of measurement. of regular self serve is $2.076 a gallon--up two cents. The city of Beaumont Beaumont, city (1990 pop. 114,323), seat of Jefferson co., Tex., on the Sabine-Neches Waterway; inc. 1838. A ship channel provides the facilities of a modern deepwater port, with shipyards and large storage tanks. Beaumont is a major oil city. has the highest average on the list this week at $2.102. It is also the only city that saw a decrease. 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). has the lowest average price in the state--$1.962 a gallon, despite an increase of nearly eight cents. "This slow down in the rate at which prices are falling could be signaling 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 are about to stabilize stabilize See peg. in advance of the year end holiday," said Rose Rougeau, spokesperson for AAA Texas. "If so, the statewide average price may not fall below $2 a gallon by the end of the year as expected." The national average for regular self-serve gasoline is $2.149 a gallon--a penny higher than last week's average. AAA Texas' Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline in Texas.
Average Daily Prices as of 12:01 AM, December 9, 2005:
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Area Weekly Weekly
12/9/05 Change 12/02/05 Change 11/23/05
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National $2.149 +1.3 cents $2.136 -5.3 cents $2.189
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State $2.076 +1.8 cents $2.058 -5.1 cents $2.109
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Austin-
San Marcos $2.060 +0.4 cent $2.056 -5.8 cents $2.114
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Beaumont $2.102 -3.1 cents $2.133 -7.0 cents $2.203
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Corpus Christi $1.962 +7.5 cents $1.887 -5.7 cents $1.944
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Dallas $2.083 +2.5 cents $2.058 -5.2 cents $2.110
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Ft. Worth $2.070 +1.9 cents $2.051 -5.1 cents $2.102
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Galveston-
Texas City $2.087 +1.8 cents $2.069 -6.7 cents $2.136
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Houston $2.067 +0.5 cent $2.062 -7.2 cents $2.134
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San Antonio $2.009 +1.8 cents $1.991 -4.4 cents $2.035
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Area Record 2004
High Average
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National $3.057
(9/5/05) $1.898
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State $2.964
(9/4/05) $1.794
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Austin- $2.918
San Marcos (9/6/05) $1.777
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Beaumont $2.930
(9/4/05) $1.765
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Corpus Christi $2.929
(9/3/05) $1.693
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Dallas $3.019
(9/4/05) $1.801
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Ft. Worth $3.012
(9/4/05) $1.793
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Galveston- $2.997
Texas City (9/4/05) $1.780
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Houston $2.971
(9/6/05) $1.782
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San Antonio $2.909
(9/4/05) $1.753
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