TX Retail Gasoline Prices Approach Record High, EP Up 9 Cents
HOUSTON (AP) – The average retail gasoline price in Texas is two cents shy of setting a record.
The current Texas average is $3.07 a gallon, and the all-time statewide record high is $3.09 a gallon. That’s according to the weekly Triple-A Texas gas price survey released Friday. Seven of the eleven Texas regions surveyed set record highs for gas prices this week.
San Antonio gas prices rose eight cents to an average of $3.03 a gallon. It is the lowest average price but a record for San Antonio. Texarkana once again has the states highest average at $3.14 a gallon, which is also a record.
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 – $3.096, up 4.6 cents Austin-San Marcos – $3.065, up 7.6 cents Beaumont – $3.100, up 9.3 cents Corpus Christi – $3.057, up 10.5 cents Dallas – $3.053, up 7.5 cents El Paso – $3.052 up 9.0 cents Fort Worth – $3.047, up 7.0 cents Galveston-Texas City – $3.058, up 9.2 cents Houston – $3.053, up 8.1 cents San Antonio – $3.026, up 7.9 cents Texarkana (Texas only) – $3.136, up 7.3 cents State – $3.069, up 7.9 cents Nationally – $3.161, up 7.5 cents
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