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Gas Prices Edge Higher In Texas

22 September 1999

Gas Prices Edge Higher In Texas

    HOUSTON--Sept. 21, 1999--AAA Texas reports the average price of self-serve regular unleaded gasoline climbed nearly four cents since its last Fuel Gauge survey in August.
    The current Texas statewide average price of a gallon of self-serve regular unleaded is $1.194. The average price four weeks ago was $1.156. The average price at Labor Day 1998 was 98 cents per gallon.
    "Motorists will find slightly higher prices at the pump than they did just three weeks ago," said Patrick O'Reilly, a spokesman for AAA Texas.
    AAA reports that the national average price for self-serve regular unleaded gasoline per gallon is $1.282, which is at the highest point in nearly two years, according to a special AAA Fuel Gauge Report.
    AAA and AAA Texas commission their Fuel Gauge Reports as a service to motorists and the media. The current reports are based on data gathered Sept. 20, 1999, by the Oil Price Information Service -- the nation's most comprehensive source of petroleum pricing information.
    AAA Texas, an affiliate of the American Automobile Association, has been serving Texans since 1905. Today, AAA Texas offers its members a full service travel agency, auto-related services, financial services, public safety programs, and legislative advocacy.
    Note: Attached is Sept. 21, 1999, average price information for 15 Texas cities compared with data collected on Aug. 24, 1999.

                      AAA TEXAS FUEL GAUGE REPORT
         Average Price of Self-Serve Regular Unleaded Gasoline
                       In Selected Texas Cities

   Abilene                       TX     1.2206
   Amarillo                      TX     1.2534
   Austin                        TX     1.1705
   Beaumont                      TX     1.1567
   Brownsville                   TX     1.1969
   Corpus Christi                TX     1.1583
   Dallas                        TX     1.2198
   El Paso                       TX     1.2395
   Fort Worth                    TX     1.1913
   Houston                       TX     1.1985
   Laredo                        TX     1.1974
   Longview                      TX     1.1945
   Lubbock                       TX     1.2295
   San Antonio                   TX     1.1552
   Waco                          TX     1.1785

   Average                       TX     1.1941

    Source: Survey commissioned by AAA Texas on Sept. 21, 1999.