AAA Texas: Weekend Gas Watch; Gasoline Prices Rise Sharply.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; -- 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 increased sharply this week and could go higher, 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 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 statewide average price for a gallon gallon: see English units of measurement. of regular self serve is $2.284 a gallon - a weekly increase of nine cents. 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 with the highest average at $2.315 a gallon - up eight cents. 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). jumped 11 cents to $2.218 a gallon - the lowest average on the list. "Retail gasoline prices have gone up 15 cents in the past two weeks," said Rose Rougeau, spokesperson for AAA Texas. "The increases can be traced to investor speculation speculation, practice of engaging in business in order to make quick profits from fluctuations in prices, as opposed to the practice of investing in a productive enterprise in order to share in its earnings. leading to higher prices for both crude and wholesale gasoline. With crude trading around $64 a barrel barrel: see English units of measurement. , it doesn't does·n't Contraction of does not. appear likely gasoline will fall below $2 a gallon anytime soon." The national average for regular self-serve gasoline is $2.335 a gallon - nine cents more than last week's average. AAA Texas' Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline in Texas.
Average Daily Prices as of 12:01 AM, January 13, 2006
Area Weekly Weekly
1/13/06 Change 1/6/06 Change 12/30/05
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National $2.335 +8.9 cents $2.246 +5.9 cents $2.187
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State $2.284 +8.7 cents $2.197 +6.4 cents $2.133
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Austin-
San Marcos $2.265 +9.7 cents $2.168 +4.4 cents $2.124
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Beaumont $2.290 +9.4 cents $2.196 +4.6 cents $2.150
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Corpus Christi $2.218 +10.5 cents $2.113 +10.8 cents $2.005
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Dallas $2.315 +8.1 cents $2.234 +7.6 cents $2.158
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Ft. Worth $2.302 +7.1 cents $2.231 +8.5 cents $2.146
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Galveston-
Texas City $2.306 +9.0 cents $2.216 +8.8 cents $2.128
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Houston $2.291 +8.2 cents $2.199 +6.8 cents $2.131
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San Antonio $2.235 +9.8 cents $2.137 +6.9 cents $2.068
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Area Record High 2004
Average
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National $3.057
(9/5/05) $1.790
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State $2.964
(9/4/05) $1.694
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Austin- $2.918
San Marcos (9/6/05) $1.693
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Beaumont $2.930
(9/4/05) $1.677
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Corpus Christi $2.929
(9/3/05) $1.646
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Dallas $3.019
(9/4/05) $1.700
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Ft. Worth $3.012
(9/4/05) $1.681
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Galveston- $2.997
Texas City (9/4/05) $1.673
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Houston $2.971
(9/6/05) $1.668
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San Antonio $2.909
(9/4/05) $1.667
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