AAA Texas' Weekend Gas Watch; Fuel Prices Inch Upward.Business/Energy Editors & Travel Writers HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 26, 2002 Pump prices inched upward throughout the Lone Star Lone Star (or Lonestar) may refer 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 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 at popular destinations for motoring trips. The statewide average price for regular self-serve is currently $1.33 a gallon -- up a penny since last week. Houston posted The Houston Post was a newspaper in Houston, Texas, United States that was established on February 19, 1880, by Gail Borden Johnson. Though that original publication ceased in October 1884, the Houston Post was re-established with the merger of the the biggest price increase -- up 1.5 cents at $1.33 a gallon. Although 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. showed the second biggest price increase, it still has the least expensive gasoline -- up 1.4 cents at $1.28 a gallon. The most expensive fuel can still be purchased in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. In Dallas, motorists are shelling out an average of $1.35 a gallon, with motorists in Fort Worth paying $1.34 a gallon. "With world-wide stock prices in a slump, it's difficult to know if fuel prices will continue upward or retreat downward," said Rose Rougeau, spokesperson for AAA Texas. "The current fuel price averages are on par with what motorists were paying this time last year."
Average prices as of 12:01 a.m., July 26, 2002:
Change from
Area Regular last week Record Price
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Austin - San Marcos $1.286 +1.3 cents $1.538 (5/15/01)
Corpus Christi $1.299 +1.3 cents $1.505 (5/8/01)
Dallas $1.346 +0.8 cent $1.666 (5/12/01)
Ft. Worth $1.339 +0.9 cent $1.660 (5/22/01)
Houston $1.330 +1.5 cents $1.639 (5/12/01)
San Antonio $1.282 +1.4 cents $1.498 (5/9/01)
AAA Texas, an affiliate of the American Automobile Association American Automobile Association (AAA), federation of American automobile clubs, est. 1902. AAA provides a number of benefits to its members, including emergency road service; national and international travel assistance, e.g. , has been serving Texans since 1902. Today, more than a million AAA Texas' members benefit by the organization's roadside assistance service, travel agency, financial products, automotive pricing, buying and financing, trip planning services, and traffic safety programs. Information about these products and services is available on AAA Texas' web site at www.aaa-texas.com. |
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