AAA Texas: Weekend Gas Watch; Prices in Austin Fall -- Most of Texas Is Stable.Business Editors/Travel Writers HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2003 While the 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 remained stable throughout Texas, prices in Austin Austin. 1 City (1990 pop. 21,907), seat of Mower co., SE Minn., on the Cedar River, near the Iowa line; inc. 1868. The commercial and industrial center of a rich farm region, it is noted as home to the Hormel meatpacking company, whose Spam Town museum declined substantially over the past 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. 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. The Texas average for a gallon gallon: see English units of measurement. of regular self-serve gasoline is $1.41 -- a penny less than last week's average and only a penny more than last year's average. Although Austin dropped nearly nine cents to an average of $1.30, 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). still has the cheapest fuel for the ninth straight week. Corpus Christi prices fell less than a penny to an average of $1.26 a gallon. Houston saw the second-biggest decline -- although a very slight one -- of one-point-four cents to an average of $1.39. Dallas also dropped about a penny to an average of $1.42, the most expensive on the list. "Last week, Corpus Christi dropped nine-point-two cents in only a week. This week, Austin is following suit, with a decline of nearly nine cents," said Rose Rougeau, spokesperson for AAA Texas. "Prices appear to be easing lower due to ample gasoline supply and a decline in crude oil prices." 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., Nov. 7, 2003: Area Regular Change Record Price ---- ------- ------ ------------ Austin-San Marcos $1.300 -8.5 cents $1.580 (3/19/03) Corpus Christi $1.261 -0.5 cent $1.590 (2/20/03) Dallas $1.418 -1.3 cents $1.666 (5/12/01) Fort Worth $1.407 -1.2 cents $1.660 (5/22/01) Houston $1.392 -1.4 cents $1.639 (5/12/01) San Antonio $1.358 no change $1.582 (3/18/03) |
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