IRVING, Texas (AP) - Higher crude oil prices are being blamed for retail gasoline prices that climbed for a second week in a row across Texas.
The weekly AAA Texas gasoline price survey released Thursday showed the average retail price of a gallon of regular unleaded climbed 2 cents across Texas to $2.94 and a penny across the nation to $3.09. That was as crude oil traded at almost $92 per barrel, its highest level since early October 2008.
The most expensive gasoline in Texas was in Fort Worth, where the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded climbed 6 cents to $2.97. The least expensive was $2.89 in both Corpus Christi and San Antonio, down a penny in Corpus Christi and up a penny in San Antonio since last week.
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