AAA Texas: Weekend Gas Watch; New Record High Prices Set Across Texas.IRVING, Texas Irving (pronounced 'er-ving') is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 191,615; the 2006 estimate was 201,927 according to the North Central Texas Council of Governments, and 196,084 according to -- The high cost of crude oil has resulted in new record high 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 across Texas, 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. In Texas, the average price of $2.157 a gallon gallon: see English units of measurement. is the highest price ever recorded by AAA Texas. 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 also 49.9 cents higher than last year's average of $1.658 a gallon. Austin-San Marcos has the lowest average at $2.133 a gallon -- up 9.2 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. remains the highest priced on the list at $2.161 a gallon -- a weekly increase of 7.9 cents. "Even though Texas and the nation have ample supplies of oil and gasoline to meet demand, the main factor affecting gas prices is the high cost of crude," said AAA Texas spokesperson Rose Rougeau. "Motorists can expect pump prices to continue rising for at least the next couple of weeks." The national average for regular self-serve gasoline also hit a record high of $2.251 -- up 9.2 cents from last week. 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., April 8, 2005:
Last
Week's Weekly 2004
Area Current Average Change New Record Price Average
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National $2.251 $2.159 +9.2 cents $2.251 (4/07/05) $1.773
State $2.157 $2.068 +8.9 cents $2.157 (4/07/05) $1.658
Austin-San
Marcos $2.133 $2.041 +9.2 cents $2.133 (4/07/05) $1.649
Beaumont $2.138 $2.036 +10.2cents $2.138 (4/07/05) $1.653
Corpus Christi $2.153 $2.005 +14.8cents $2.153 (4/07/05) $1.639
Dallas $2.161 $2.082 +7.9 cents $2.161 (4/07/05) $1.673
Ft. Worth $2.151 $2.071 +8.0 cents $2.151 (4/07/05) $1.661
Galveston-Texas
City $2.138 $2.059 +7.9 cents $2.138 (4/07/05) $1.659
Houston $2.137 $2.057 +8.0 cents $2.137 (4/07/05) $1.649
San Antonio $2.128 $2.028 +10.0cents $2.128 (4/07/05) $1.641
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