AAA Texas: Weekend Gas Watch; Gas Prices Surge.News, Business & Travel Editors/Energy & Consumer Writers HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2004 The average price of 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 surged this week following slight decreases 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 for a gallon gallon: see English units of measurement. of regular self-serve rose more than four cents to a record average of $1.73 a gallon. 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). posted the biggest decrease of more than two cents. This week, it posted the smallest increase of nearly three cents at $1.68 a gallon. All other cities on the Weekend's Gas Watch average $1.70 a gallon or more. 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 an average of $1.73 a gallon -- up nearly four cents compared to last week. "The price of crude oil pushed to a 13-year high of more than $39 a barrel this week and speculation on wholesale markets is driving up the price of a gallon of gasoline," said Rose Rougeau, spokesperson for AAA Texas. "With higher prices and increasing demand, it's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have possible that the statewide average gasoline price could reach $1.80 a gallon by the end of this month." AAA Texas' Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline at popular destinations for automobile automobile, self-propelled vehicle used for travel on land. The term is commonly applied to a four-wheeled vehicle designed to carry two to six passengers and a limited amount of cargo, as contrasted with a truck, which is designed primarily for the transportation of trips.
Average Daily Prices as of 12:01 AM, May 7, 2004:
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Area Current Change Record Price Record Price
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National $1.857 + 4.5 cents $1.857 (5/6/04) $1.812 (4/29/04)
State $1.730 + 4.3 cents $1.730 (5/6/04) $1.690 (4/22/04)
Austin-San
Marcos $1.712 + 5.1 cents $1.712 (5/6/04) $1.672 (4/21/04)
Beaumont $1.708 + 4.8 cents $1.708 (5/6/04) $1.677 (4/17/04)
Corpus Christi $1.684 + 2.7 cents $1.684 (5/6/04) $1.683 (4/17/04)
Dallas $1.733 + 3.6 cents $1.733 (5/6/04) $1.707 (4/22/04)
Fort Worth $1.728 + 4.2 cents $1.728 (5/6/04) $1.695 (4/21/04)
Galveston-
Texas City $1.709 + 2.9 cents $1.709 (5/6/04) $1.686 (4/21/04)
Houston $1.713 + 4.1 cents $1.713 (5/6/04) $1.679 (4/22/04)
San Antonio $1.707 + 5.0 cents $1.707 (5/6/04) $1.669 (4/20/04)
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