Auto Club: Gas Prices Beginning to Level off; Price Stability Expected for the Next 2-3 Weeks.News Editors/Automotive Writers/Travel Writers LOS LOS Length of stay, see there ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 23, 2004 After two weeks of sharp increases, 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 began leveling off last week as the Los Angeles-Long Beach area saw its average price go up by less than a penny per gallon gallon: see English units of measurement. , 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 Automobile automobile, self-propelled vehicle used for travel on land. The term is commonly applied to a four-wheeled vehicle designed to carry two to six passengers and a limited amount of cargo, as contrasted with a truck, which is designed primarily for the transportation of Club of Southern California's Weekend Gas Watch. The national average for gasoline increased by 1.3 cents per gallon. Currently, the average price of self-serve regular unleaded gasoline in the Los Angeles-Long Beach area is $1.740, which is six-tenths of a cent higher than last week. This price is 9 cents higher than last month and 10 cents higher than last year. In San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , the price is $1.761, which is 2.6 cents above last week's level, 9 cents above last month and 6 cents higher than last year. Motorists in the Central Coast pay an average price of $1.831, which is six-tenths of a cent higher than last week's price, 3 cents above last month and 14 cents higher than last year. "The supply of gasoline is plentiful plen·ti·ful adj. 1. Existing in great quantity or ample supply. 2. Providing or producing an abundance: a plentiful harvest. at this time and demand is low," said Carol Thorp, Auto (AUTOmatic) Refers to a wide variety of devices that perform unattended operations. Club spokesperson. "Because of this, refineries will be needing less crude oil. We should see a decline in the price of crude, which has been trading at about $36 per barrel barrel: see English units of measurement. . Gasoline prices should remain stable or even trend downward over the next 2-3 weeks. That situation could change substantially in the first week of February February: see month. , when gasoline prices are expected to begin a steep increase that could last through the spring." The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline at metropolitan destinations throughout the nation. Average prices as of 12:01 a.m., Jan. 23:
Area Regular Change Record Price
from
last
week
Los Angeles-Long Beach $1.740 +$0.006 $2.167 (3/22/03)
San Diego $1.761 +$0.026 $2.211 (3/20/03)
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc $1.831 +$0.006 $2.233 (8/27/03)
The national average price of gasoline increased 1.3 cents per
gallon last week as demand for gas lessened and the nation's
inventories began filling up. Over the next 2-3 weeks, gas prices are
expected to stabilize or trend lower in some regions. By the beginning
of February, gas prices are expected to begin increasing. Some regions
may see steep upward trends lasting through the spring.
Area Regular Change Record Price
from
last
week
National Average $1.594 +$0.013 $1.737 (8/30/03)
New York $1.798 +$0.019 $1.968 (9/6/03)
Washington, D.C. $1.635 +$0.007 $1.797 (5/16/01)
Boston $1.626 +$0.023 $1.812 (9/3/03)
Philadelphia $1.618 +$0.034 $1.807 (9/3/03)
Atlanta $1.504 -$0.004 $1.589 (3/18/03)
Miami $1.662 +$0.018 $1.761 (3/18/03)
Chicago $1.692 +$0.023 $2.142 (6/19/00)
Detroit $1.590 -$0.002 $2.137 (6/20/00)
Kansas City, Mo. $1.489 +$0.006 $1.790 (6/21/00)
St. Louis $1.566 -$0.031 $1.767 (5/17/01)
Denver $1.475 +$0.005 $1.780 (6/5/01)
Dallas $1.536 +$0.023 $1.666 (5/12/01)
Houston $1.519 +$0.020 $1.639 (5/12/01)
Salt Lake City $1.554 +$0.013 $1.789 (9/4/03)
Las Vegas $1.698 +$0.022 $2.063 (3/25/03)
Phoenix $1.562 -$0.007 $2.146 (8/26/03)
Seattle $1.682 +$0.053 $1.969 (9/4/03)
San Francisco $1.864 +$0.041 $2.276 (3/19/03)
Honolulu $1.992 -$0.007 $2.054 (10/2/03)
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