Texas Gas Prices Reach Record Highs; AAA Texas Monthly Fuel Gauge Report
HOUSTON--May 16, 2001--Gas prices in Texas have reached record levels this month.The current statewide average price for a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline is $1.57, an 8 cents increase from last month's average price of $1.49 a gallon. It is also nearly a dime more than last May's average of $1.48 a gallon.
The highest average price for regular in Texas can be found in Dallas at $1.67 a gallon, followed by Fort Worth at $1.66 and Amarillo at $1.65.
Nationally, AAA's Fuel Gauge Report shows the average price at $1.71, up 13 cents from a month ago. Last year, the average was $1.50 a gallon.
The lowest statewide average price in the nation is in Georgia, where the price of gasoline averages nearly $1.50 a gallon. On the other end of the scale, the highest statewide average in the U.S. is in California at $2.00 a gallon.
AAA and AAA Texas commission their Fuel Gauge Reports as a public service. The current reports are based on data gathered by the Oil Price Information Service -- the nation's most comprehensive source of petroleum pricing information.
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Note: Attached is May 16, 2001 average price information for 17 Texas cities.
AAA TEXAS FUEL GAUGE MONTHLY REPORT AVERAGE PRICE OF SELF-SERVE REGULAR GASOLINE IN SELECTED TEXAS CITIES Metro State May '01 Apr.'01 Mar.'01 Feb.'01 Jan.'01 May '00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Abilene TX 1.609 1.464 1.368 1.391 1.400 1.379 Amarillo TX 1.648 1.520 1.299 1.431 1.369 1.397 Austin TX 1.521 1.454 1.323 1.361 1.320 1.387 Beaumont TX 1.538 1.510 1.312 1.391 1.409 1.327 Brownsville TX 1.491 1.467 1.246 1.318 1.379 1.325 Corpus Christi TX 1.477 1.439 1.258 1.301 1.327 1.379 Dallas TX 1.670 1.559 1.396 1.425 1.404 1.443 El Paso TX 1.541 1.419 1.314 1.363 1.356 1.365 Fort Worth TX 1.661 1.559 1.393 1.424 1.399 1.409 Houston TX 1.636 1.547 1.354 1.384 1.359 1.445 Laredo TX 1.567 1.468 1.425 1.437 1.468 1.397 Longview TX 1.610 1.529 1.377 1.399 1.373 1.343 Lubbock TX 1.608 1.478 1.310 1.427 1.403 1.397 Midland TX 1.582 1.513 1.402 1.424 1.441 n/a Odessa TX 1.554 1.475 1.346 1.397 1.399 n/a San Antonio TX 1.493 1.435 1.273 1.323 1.281 1.444 Waco TX 1.551 1.477 1.257 1.358 1.362 1.457 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Average TX 1.574 1.489 1.333 1.386 1.379 1.475 (May 2001) (May 2000) ---------- ---------- National Average Price $1.71 $1.50 up 21 cents Texas Average Price $1.57 $1.48 up 9 cents Survey Commissioned by AAA-Texas on May 2001