AAA Texas: Weekend Gas Watch; Gas Prices Drop for Third Consecutive Week.HOUSTON -- Despite growing concerns due to Hurricane Ivan This article is about the Atlantic hurricane of 2004. For other storms of the same name, see Tropical Storm Ivan (disambiguation). Hurricane Ivan was the strongest hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. , retail 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 dropped for a third consecutive 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 national average for regular self-serve gasoline is $1.838 a gallon gallon: see English units of measurement. - that's about the same as last week. The Texas average for a gallon of regular self-serve fell less than a penny to $1.744 a gallon, up 21.8 cents compared to last year's average of $1.526. The cities of Fort 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. posted the biggest weekly decrease - slightly more than a penny. San Antonio has one of the lowest averages on the list at $1.684. In Fort Worth, gasoline is higher at $1.740 a gallon. Once again, 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 cheapest average at $1.679 a gallon, down less than a penny. Dallas remains the highest on the list at $1.759, down a penny. "Pump prices posted decreases this week despite threats of supply disruptions due to Hurricane Ivan," said Rose Rougeau, spokesperson for AAA Texas. "Crude oil prices rose above $45 a barrel this week over concerns about the hurricane's potential effect on off-shore oil drilling platforms as well as oil and gasoline delivery and shipping facilities in Gulf coast ports. However, a move by OPEC OPEC: see Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. OPEC in full Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries Multinational organization established in 1960 to coordinate the petroleum production and export policies of its to raise production quotas may have helped ease fears and drive crude prices down to $43 a barrel." 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., Sept. 17, 2004:
Weekly New Year
Area Current Change Record Price Ago Price
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National $1.838 - 0.3 cent $2.054 (5/26/04) $1.681
State $1.744 - 0.8 cent $1.927 (5/26/04) $1.526
Austin-San Marcos $1.713 - 1.0 cent $1.929 (5/27/04) $1.499
Beaumont $1.723 + 0.2 cent $1.903 (6/1/04) $1.517
Corpus Christi $1.679 - 0.4 cent $1.925 (5/26/04) $1.459
Dallas $1.759 - 1.2 cents $1.932 (5/27/04) $1.551
Fort Worth $1.740 - 1.3 cents $1.924 (5/28/04) $1.534
Galveston - $1.734 + 0.1 cent $1.922 (6/1/04) $1.539
Texas City
Houston $1.723 - 0.8 cent $1.909 (6/1/04) $1.534
San Antonio $1.684 - 1.3 cents $1.952 (5/26/04) $1.483
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