AAA Texas: Weekend Gas Watch; Record High Gasoline Prices Creep Downward.Business Editors/Travel Writers HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2003 The 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 set last week have started to creep downward, 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, compiled 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 Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline at popular destinations for motoring trips. The statewide average price for a gallon of regular self-serve fuel is $1.59 -- unchanged since a week ago. Last year, motorists were paying $1.07 -- 52 cents less than today's average. 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). experienced the biggest decrease, down nearly three cents at $1.56 a gallon. San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. has the least expensive fuel -- slightly above $1.55 a gallon, down nearly a penny compared to last week. Dallas tops the list again with the most expensive fuel at $1.60 a gallon, an eighth of a cent since a week ago. "Retail gas prices showed signs of softening softening /sof·ten·ing/ (sof´en-ing) malacia. softening a change of consistency, with loss of firmness or hardness. as crude oil prices reached 12-year highs just short of $40 a barrel this week," said Rose Rougeau, spokesperson for AAA Texas. "Continuing uncertainties of war, crude oil prices and low fuel inventories may push prices back up again." Average prices as of 12:01 AM, Feb. 28, 2003:
Area Regular Change Record Price
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Austin - San Marcos $1.561 - 0.8 cent $1.579 (2/18/03)
Corpus Christi $1.556 - 2.9 cents $1.590 (2/20/03)
Dallas $1.595 - 0.8 cent $1.666 (5/12/01)
Ft. Worth $1.592 - 0.4 cent $1.660 (5/22/01)
Houston $1.588 - 0.3 cent $1.639 (5/12/01)
San Antonio $1.555 - 0.9 cent $1.572 (2/15/03)
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