WEEKEND GAS PRICES

HOUSTON (AP) – Texas retail gasoline prices set record highs daily this week.

The weekly Triple-A Texas gas price survey released today shows regular self-serve averages $3.86 per gallon in the 11 Texas cities in the survey. That’s up penny from last week. Nationally, the average rose 4 cents to a record $3.99 per gallon.

But auto club spokeswoman Rose Rougeau (roo-ZHOH’) says the only good news is in the lack of double-digit increases around the state. She says that could indicate the pace of the price run-up is slowing. She points out that falling U.S. demand for gasoline because of high prices has helped bring crude oil prices down from a high of $135 per barrel to around $120.

The most expensive gasoline in Texas is in Dallas, where regular self-serve rose 2 cents this week to an average of $3.87 per gallon. The cheapest gasoline is in Texarkana, where the average rose a penny to $3.81 per gallon.

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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 today:

Amarillo – $3.829, down 3.6 cents

Austin-San Marcos – $3.842, up 1.0 cent

Beaumont – $3.858, up 1.6 cents

Corpus Christi – $3.829, up 3.8 cents

Dallas – $3.865, up 2.0 cents

Fort Worth – $3.861, up 2.0 cents

Galveston-Texas City – $3.831, up 1.1 cents

Houston – $3.836, up 1.8 cents

San Antonio – $3.829, up 2.7 cents

Texarkana (Texas only) – $3.807, up 0.9 cent

State – $3.841, up 11.1 cents

Nationally – $3.952, up 12.1 cents