Texas Retail Gasoline Prices Continue To Climb

HOUSTON, Texas(AP) – Retail gasoline prices continued to climb across Texas this week.

Regular self-serve averaged $2.98 per gallon, according to the weekly AAA Texas gas price survey released Friday. That was a nickel higher than last week and approaches the all-time high of $3.09 set in May.

The national average was $3.10, also up a nickel from last week and 13 cents from the record high. “Texas is one of the few states that still has a statewide price average under $3 a gallon,” said AAA Texas spokeswoman Rose Rougeau.

“Record oil prices continue to drive these increases throughout Texas and nationwide.” El Paso had the lowest average price of the 11 Texas cities in the survey with $2.86 per gallon, up 4 cents from last week.

Texarkana was the only Texas city topping $3 with an average price of $3.05 per gallon, 3 cents higher than last week.

These are average per-gallon prices of regular, self-serve gasoline in Texas and nationally, as well as the change from last week, according to the Triple-A Texas Weekend Gas Watch released Friday:

Amarillo – $2.959, up 4.0 cents Austin-San Marcos – $2.994, up 3.8 cents Beaumont – $2.989, up 5.3 cents Corpus Christi – $2.970, up 8.2 cents Dallas – $2.970, up 6.1 cents El Paso – $2.861 up 3.6 cents Fort Worth – $2.968, up 5.8 cents Galveston-Texas City – $2.954, up 5.7 cents Houston – $2.951, up 5.6 cents San Antonio – $2.960, up 3.6 cents Texarkana (Texas only) – $3.047, up 3.2 cents State – $2.976, up 5.1 cents Nationally – $3.100, up 4.8 cents

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