AAA Texas: Weekend Gas Watch; Fuel Prices Level Off.HOUSTON -- Fuel prices in Texas started to level off this week, after setting a new record high of $2.24 a gallon gallon: see English units of measurement. last week, 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. The Texas average price for regular self-serve dropped about a penny to $2.23 a gallon -- that's also 41.5 cents higher than last year's average price. The most economical gas can be found 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). at $2.165 a gallon -- two cents less than last week's average. Dallas has the highest average at $2.269 a gallon -- that's a slight decrease since a week ago. "Crude oil's descent descent, in anthropology, method of classifying individuals in terms of their various kinship connections. Matrilineal and patrilineal descent refer to the mother's or father's sib (or other group), respectively. from the record $60 a barrel to the current $57 a barrel has put a halt on increases at the pump, at least for the time being," said Rose Rougeau, spokesperson for AAA Texas. "A government report that showed crude inventories declined less than expected helped ease concerns of supply disruptions from hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico Noun 1. Gulf of Mexico - an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico Golfo de Mexico Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean - the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east ." The national average for regular self-serve 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 is the same as last week's average -- $2.302 a gallon. AAA Texas' Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline at popular destinations for automobile trips.
Average Daily Prices as of 12:01 A.M., July 22, 2005:
Last
Week's Weekly 2004
Area Current Average Change New Record Price Average
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National $2.302 $2.302 no change $2.321 (7/14/05) $1.920
State $2.225 $2.234 - .09 cent $2.236 (7/18/05) $1.810
Austin-San
Marcos $2.184 $2.202 - 1.9 cents $2.202 (7/14/05) $1.786
Beaumont $2.179 $2.202 - 2.4 cents $2.203 (7/13/05) $1.793
Corpus Christi $2.165 $2.186 - 2.1 cents $2.186 (7/14/05) $1.786
Dallas $2.269 $2.262 - .07 cent $2.276 (7/18/05) $1.820
Ft. Worth $2.263 $2.253 - 1.0 cent $2.270 (7/18/05) $1.803
Galveston-
Texas City $2.240 $2.225 - 1.5 cents $2.242 (7/18/05) $1.793
Houston $2.224 $2.226 - 0.2 cent $2.231 (7/17/05) $1.784
San Antonio $2.173 $2.187 - 1.4 cents $2.187 (7/14/05) $1.774
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