AAA Texas: Weekend Gas Watch; Record-Breaking Gas Prices.HOUSTON -- Gas prices in Texas and nationwide set new records this week as crude stayed near $60 a barrel, 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. The Texas average price for regular self-serve jumped ten cents Ten Cents has several meanings:
Motorists 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). saw gas prices increase an average of 14 cents a gallon since last week - from $2.04 a gallon to $2.18. Dallas has the highest average at $2.26 a gallon - ten cents up in a week. "The decline in retail 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 that Texas motorists saw last week in some cities was short-lived as the price of crude pushed past $60 a barrel," said Rose Rougeau, spokesperson for AAA Texas. "Record-priced crude coupled with worries about the impact of Hurricane Dennis This article is about the Atlantic hurricane of 2005. For other storms of the same name, see Hurricane Dennis (disambiguation). Hurricane Dennis was an early-forming major hurricane in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. to the Gulf of Mexico Noun 1. Gulf of Mexico - an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico Golfo de Mexico Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean - the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east forced weekly increases of as much as 10 cents a gallon in some cities. Dennis quickly passed causing little or no damage." The national average for regular self-serve gasoline also set a new record at $2.32 a gallon - up ten cents in a 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., July 15, 2005:
Last
Week's Weekly 2004
Area Current Average Change New Record Price Average
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National $2.321 $2.221 +10.0 cents $2.321 (7/14/05) $1.910
State $2.234 $2.128 +10.6 cents $2.234 (7/14/05) $1.796
Austin-
San Marcos $2.202 $2.081 +12.1 cents $2.202 (7/14/05) $1.766
Beaumont $2.202 $2.107 +9.5 cents $2.203 (7/13/05) $1.760
Corpus Christi $2.186 $2.040 +14.6 cents $2.186 (7/14/05) $1.750
Dallas $2.262 $2.156 +10.6 cents $2.262 (7/14/05) $1.815
Ft. Worth $2.253 $2.147 +10.6 cents $2.253 (7/13/05) $1.799
Galveston-
Texas City $2.225 $2.130 +9.5 cents $2.226 (7/14/05) $1.773
Houston $2.226 $2.118 +10.8 cents $2.226 (7/14/05) $1.769
San Antonio $2.187 $2.077 +11.0 cents $2.187 (7/14/05) $1.743
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