AAA Texas: Weekend Gas Watch; Prices in Corpus Christi Take Free Fall -- Most of Texas Is Stable.Business Editors/Travel Writers HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 31, 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 in much of Texas, prices in 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). dropped substantially compared to 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. 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 $1.42 -- a penny less than last week's average, and only a penny more than last year's average. Corpus Christi remains the cheapest for the eighth straight week, averaging $1.27 a gallon -- motorists there saw their pump prices fall by more than nine cents in a week. 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. has the most expensive gasoline in the survey with regular gas averaging $1.43 a gallon, down about a penny from a week ago. "This week's survey shows prices in Corpus Christi fell nearly a dime in only a week," said Rose Rougeau, spokesperson for AAA Texas. "Corpus [Latin, Body, aggregate, or mass.] Corpus might be used to mean a human body, or a body or group of laws. The term is used often in Civil Law to denote a substantial or positive fact, as opposed to one that is ambiguous. Christi's average of $1.27, is about 16 cents less than Dallas's average of $1.43. There is not any clear explanation as to why Corpus Christi fell to such a degree -- and the other cities did not. However, with gasoline inventories full, prices are expected to remain at or below their current averages, with Corpus Christi's average being the exception." The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline at popular destinations for automobile trips. Average prices as of 12:01 a.m., Oct. 31, 2003: Area Regular Change Record Price ---- ------- ------ ------------ Austin-San Marcos $1.385 -1.1 cents $1.580 (3/19/03) Corpus Christi $1.266 -9.2 cents $1.590 (2/20/03) Dallas $1.431 -1.3 cents $1.666 (5/12/01) Fort Worth $1.419 -1.0 cent $1.660 (5/22/01) Houston $1.406 -1.0 cent $1.639 (5/12/01) San Antonio $1.358 -1.4 cents $1.582 (3/18/03) |
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