AAA Texas: Weekend Gas Watch; Gas Prices Move Lower.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; -- Gas prices moved lower for the third straight 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 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 $1.964 a gallon gallon: see English units of measurement. , 4.6 cents lower than last week's average, but 45 cents higher than last year's average. The Texas average for a gallon of regular self-serve fell 3.6 cents to $1.858 a gallon. 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). posted the biggest weekly drop of 6.7 cents a gallon to have the cheapest average in the state -- $1.773 a gallon. Dallas Dallas, city (1990 pop. 1,006,877), seat of Dallas co., N Tex., on the Trinity River near the junction of its three forks; inc. 1871. The second largest Texas city, after Houston, and the eighth largest U.S. tops the list at $1.882 a gallon, down 2.5 cents since last week. "The recent price declines can be attributed to improving inventories of gasoline and lower prices for crude oil," said Rose Rougeau, spokesperson for AAA Texas. "However, the current averages remain at very high levels -- 45 cents higher than a year ago." 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., June 18, 2004:
Weekly New Year
Area Current Change Record Price Ago Price
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National $1.964 -4.6 cents $2.054 (5/26/04) $1.513
State $1.858 -3.6 cents $1.927 (5/26/04) $1.408
Austin-San Marcos $1.845 -3.6 cents $1.929 (5/27/04) $1.375
Beaumont $1.844 -2.6 cents $1.903 (6/1/04) $1.382
Corpus Christi $1.773 -6.7 cents $1.925 (5/26/04) $1.362
Dallas $1.882 -2.5 cents $1.932 (5/27/04) $1.427
Fort Worth $1.871 -3.2 cents $1.924 (5/28/04) $1.413
Galveston - $1.859 -2.7 cents $1.922 (6/1/04) $1.404
Texas City
Houston $1.843 -3.4 cents $1.909 (6/1/04) $1.397
San Antonio $1.831 -4.7 cents $1.952 (5/26/04) $1.374
AAA Texas, an affiliate of AAA National, has been serving Texans since 1902. Today, more than a million AAA Texas members benefit from the organization's roadside assistance service, travel agency, financial products, insurance products and services, automotive pricing, buying and financing, trip planning services, and traffic safety programs. Information about these products and services is available on AAA Texas' Web site at www.aaa-texas.com. |
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