AAA: El Paso Gas Prices Up Once Again

HOUSTON – Motorists around the borderland are feeling the pinch along with drivers around the state, as gas prices rose for thethird week in a row.

Historically high crude oil prices continued to carry Texas retail gasoline prices with them this week, according to a weekly survey.

Regular self-serve rose 9 cents to an average of $2.80 per gallon in 11 Texas cities in the weekly AAA Texas gasoline price survey released Friday. Nationally, regular self-serve climbed 9 cents to an average of $2.91 per gallon.

“Oil industry analysts say record crude oil prices hovering above $90 per barrel have put upward pressure on pump prices,” said AAA Texas spokeswoman Rose Rougeau. “Every city surveyed saw substantial price increases this week.”

Amarillo had the state’s most expensive gasoline with regular self-serve averaging $2.91 per gallon after an 8-cent increase this week. Houston had the state’s cheapest gas at $2.72, despite a 10-cent increase this 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 AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch released Friday:

Amarillo – $2.919, up 8.0 cents

Austin-San Marcos – $2.845, up 9.1 cents

Beaumont – $2.774, up 4.6 cents

Corpus Christi – $2.780, up 10.6 cents

Dallas – $2.804, up 10.8 cents

Fort Worth – $2.797, up 9.4 cents

Galveston-Texas City – $2.727, up 8.5 cents

Houston – $2.719, up 9.6 cents

San Antonio – $2.814, up 11.1 cents

Texarkana (Texas only) – $2.835, up 11.8 cents

State – $2.799, up 8.9 cents

Nationally – $2.913, up 9.3 cents

For the most-up-to-date gas prices around the Borderland, click on the links provided.