AAA Texas: Weekend Gas Watch; Gas Prices Dip for Third Week.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 -- 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 dipped for the third straight week on news of increasing inventories of crude, 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. Texas' motorists are paying three cents less today for a gallon gallon: see English units of measurement. of gas than what they paid last week. The current average is $2.053 a gallon. However, the statewide average remains 17.4 cents higher than a year ago. 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 at $1.950 a gallon -- nearly four cents less than last week's average. Houston motorists are paying more at $2.027 -- a three cents weekly drop. Dallas has the highest average at $2.094 -- a drop of three pennies. "Rising inventories of crude in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. helped push oil prices to a three-month low this week, to slightly above $47 a barrel," said Rose Rougeau, spokesperson for AAA Texas. "The downward trend is welcome news for motorists because lower crude prices mean lower pump prices in time for the Memorial Day weekend." The national average for regular self-serve gasoline is $2.143 a gallon -- a weekly decrease of three pennies. 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., May 20, 2005:
Last
Week's Weekly New Record 2004
Area Current Average Change Price Average
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National $2.143 $2.175 -3.2 cents $2.276 (4/11/05) $2.009
State $2.053 $2.081 -2.8 cents $2.175 (4/11/05) $1.879
Austin-San Marcos $2.034 $2.066 -3.2 cents $2.159 (4/11/05) $1.864
Beaumont $2.010 $2.045 -3.5 cents $2.140 (4/09/05) $1.852
Corpus Christi $1.950 $1.986 -3.6 cents $2.173 (4/09/05) $1.840
Dallas $2.094 $2.125 -3.1 cents $2.180 (4/09/05) $1.887
Ft. Worth $2.078 $2.108 -3.0 cents $2.176 (4/11/05) $1.873
Galveston-
Texas City $2.035 $2.072 -3.7 cents $2.159 (4/11/05) $1.864
Houston $2.027 $2.061 -3.4 cents $2.154 (4/09/05) $1.870
San Antonio $2.003 $2.036 -3.3 cents $2.151 (4/11/05) $1.856
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