AAA Texas: Weekend Gas Watch; Gas Prices Hold Steady as Christmas Holiday Approaches.Business Editors/Travel Writers HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 2003 Only a week away from the Christmas holiday and 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 in many Texas cities are posting slight decreases, 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. the Weekend Gas Watch by 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. Currently, the Texas average for a gallon gallon: see English units of measurement. of regular self-serve gasoline is $1.39 a gallon -- no change since last week. 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). continues for the fourteenth straight week to have the cheapest gas averaging $1.34 a gallon -- an increase of less than a penny. Houston and the Austin-San Marcos area both average $1.37 a gallon -- down two-tenths of a penny. The most expensive city on the list -- Dallas -- remains at $1.40 a gallon. "Prices have remained relatively stable which is an encouraging development as travelers get ready for the holiday season," said Rose Rougeau of AAA Texas. "Unless there is an interruption INTERRUPTION. The effect of some act or circumstance which stops the course of a prescription or act of limitation's. 2. Interruption of the use of a thing is natural or civil. in supply, prices are expected to remain near this level through the end of the month." AAA Texas' Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline at popular destinations for automobile trips. Average prices as of 12:01 a.m., December 19, 2003: Area Regular Change Record Price ---- ------- ------ ------------ Austin-San Marcos $1.369 - 0.2 cent $1.580 (3/19/03) Corpus Christi $1.337 + 0.4 cent $1.590 (2/20/03) Dallas $1.401 - 0.2 cent $1.666 (5/12/01) Fort Worth $1.389 - 0.3 cent $1.660 (5/22/01) Houston $1.369 - 0.2 cent $1.639 (5/12/01) San Antonio $1.352 + 0.9 cent $1.582 (3/18/03) |
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