State by State Gas Prices=How are gas prices in your area?
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LAwxrgal
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At our least expensive station it was 2.84 on Friday, and probably higher now.
Our Shell is at 2.90
Right after Hurricane Katrina we paid somewhere in the neighborhood of $3.50 a gallon and I think we're headed in that direction again.
Our Shell is at 2.90
Right after Hurricane Katrina we paid somewhere in the neighborhood of $3.50 a gallon and I think we're headed in that direction again.
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george_r_1961 wrote:At an independent Texaco Station near my home prices actually DROPPED 2 cents yesterday. I talked to the owner; he said he is doing his darndest to keep prices down in the hope that when people gas up they will also come in for drinks, food.. etc. But he doesnt know how long he can do this.
Good for him - though it's the distributors like these that are feeling the biggest pinch.
My local Riggins jumped from $2.79 on Thursday for regular to $2.89 yesterday!
I know it has to do with the conversion to ethanol, etc. but these friggin' refineries should've been better prepared, IMHO.
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A steady $2.89ish out here . . . but a 20 minute drive towards DC will find you higher prices (from the higher taxes for the most part), about $2.94.
Sad thing is that it's been $2.89 for about a week now, and was only $2.64 two weeks ago. Definately seemed like a little bit of a ripoff to me, but not much you can do about that.
Sad thing is that it's been $2.89 for about a week now, and was only $2.64 two weeks ago. Definately seemed like a little bit of a ripoff to me, but not much you can do about that.
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Neat little site I found. Might help some people who are planning to travel.
http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_gastemperaturemap.aspx
http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_gastemperaturemap.aspx
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N. Texas running on 'E'
By BRANDON FORMBY and CRAYTON HARRISON / The Dallas Morning News
Motorists already dealing with higher fuel prices now face scattered gasoline shortages locally that some blame on changing fuel formulas.
Employees at several area stations on Sunday said they had no gasoline and weren't sure why. But Holly Lasater, assistant manager at a 7-Eleven store in Plano, said a switch to ethanol could be the culprit.
"That's all I know, because we call them, and they tell us they don't have any," said the woman, whose store hasn't had any gasoline for four days.
North Texas gas stations switch each summer to a special type of gasoline for environmental reasons. This year, companies are using ethanol in the blend, replacing another chemical. The ethanol version must be blended near the service stations, creating a bottleneck for distribution.
"There's a lot of logistics involved in this thing, and maybe some of the logistics are starting to break down," said David Freyman, vice president at refining consulting firm Barnes & Click.
Some area gas stations have already had dry spells during the ethanol transition. But the weekend's shortages appeared to be the most widespread.
Meanwhile, officials from AAA have said that a few dozen gas stations from Virginia to New Jersey have closed in recent days during the conversion. The mid-Atlantic region and Texas, primarily Dallas and Houston, are expected to face the brunt of the transitional hiccups because those areas are the last remaining users of gasoline blended with methyl tertiary butyl ether, or MTBE.
Distribution trouble
7-Eleven's local shortages may have been caused by a snag at the local distribution terminal of Citgo, one of its major suppliers, said Shawn Bhagat, president and chief executive of American Fuel Distributors LP. The terminal was short on fuel for three to four days, he said, but expected to be replenished Sunday afternoon, he said.
A Citgo spokesman did not return calls Sunday, and 7-Eleven spokeswoman Cynthia Baker was unable to confirm whether Citgo had experienced logistical problems.
But Ms. Baker acknowledged that some area stations were experiencing outages.
"It's simply the new ethanol process, and it's taking longer," she said. "Everyone's having this problem right now."
The transition to the ethanol blend is nearly complete, Mr. Bhagat said.
"Within a week, the next week, things should stabilize," he said.
The switch has pushed North Texas gasoline prices about a dime higher than Sunday's national average of $2.90 a gallon for regular unleaded.
Ms. Lasater's store isn't the only 7-Eleven that's been without gas. Another Plano location also was out Sunday, and a third has been out for about a week.
Areawide problem
Collin County stations weren't the only ones out on Sunday, though. The pumps at the 7-Eleven at Greenville and Penrose avenues in Old East Dallas were also collecting dust. But folks were pumping away Sunday at locations at Forest Lane and Preston and Mockingbird Lane and Central Expressway.
Other stations out of gas this weekend were in the White Rock area, Far North Dallas, Grapevine, north Oak Cliff and Rowlett and were handling brands such as Shell, Valero and ExxonMobil.
A Shell station in Plano had apologetic signs on its pumps Sunday, telling drivers the station didn't have a drop left.
"We were supposed to get some last night, but still we're waiting," said Maram Mbye, a clerk at that station, which ran out Saturday.
Staff writers Leona D. Allen, Daniel Koller, Jon Nielsen, Ed Timms, Jeffrey Weiss and Clay Zeigler and The New York Times News Service contributed to this report.
By BRANDON FORMBY and CRAYTON HARRISON / The Dallas Morning News
Motorists already dealing with higher fuel prices now face scattered gasoline shortages locally that some blame on changing fuel formulas.
Employees at several area stations on Sunday said they had no gasoline and weren't sure why. But Holly Lasater, assistant manager at a 7-Eleven store in Plano, said a switch to ethanol could be the culprit.
"That's all I know, because we call them, and they tell us they don't have any," said the woman, whose store hasn't had any gasoline for four days.
North Texas gas stations switch each summer to a special type of gasoline for environmental reasons. This year, companies are using ethanol in the blend, replacing another chemical. The ethanol version must be blended near the service stations, creating a bottleneck for distribution.
"There's a lot of logistics involved in this thing, and maybe some of the logistics are starting to break down," said David Freyman, vice president at refining consulting firm Barnes & Click.
Some area gas stations have already had dry spells during the ethanol transition. But the weekend's shortages appeared to be the most widespread.
Meanwhile, officials from AAA have said that a few dozen gas stations from Virginia to New Jersey have closed in recent days during the conversion. The mid-Atlantic region and Texas, primarily Dallas and Houston, are expected to face the brunt of the transitional hiccups because those areas are the last remaining users of gasoline blended with methyl tertiary butyl ether, or MTBE.
Distribution trouble
7-Eleven's local shortages may have been caused by a snag at the local distribution terminal of Citgo, one of its major suppliers, said Shawn Bhagat, president and chief executive of American Fuel Distributors LP. The terminal was short on fuel for three to four days, he said, but expected to be replenished Sunday afternoon, he said.
A Citgo spokesman did not return calls Sunday, and 7-Eleven spokeswoman Cynthia Baker was unable to confirm whether Citgo had experienced logistical problems.
But Ms. Baker acknowledged that some area stations were experiencing outages.
"It's simply the new ethanol process, and it's taking longer," she said. "Everyone's having this problem right now."
The transition to the ethanol blend is nearly complete, Mr. Bhagat said.
"Within a week, the next week, things should stabilize," he said.
The switch has pushed North Texas gasoline prices about a dime higher than Sunday's national average of $2.90 a gallon for regular unleaded.
Ms. Lasater's store isn't the only 7-Eleven that's been without gas. Another Plano location also was out Sunday, and a third has been out for about a week.
Areawide problem
Collin County stations weren't the only ones out on Sunday, though. The pumps at the 7-Eleven at Greenville and Penrose avenues in Old East Dallas were also collecting dust. But folks were pumping away Sunday at locations at Forest Lane and Preston and Mockingbird Lane and Central Expressway.
Other stations out of gas this weekend were in the White Rock area, Far North Dallas, Grapevine, north Oak Cliff and Rowlett and were handling brands such as Shell, Valero and ExxonMobil.
A Shell station in Plano had apologetic signs on its pumps Sunday, telling drivers the station didn't have a drop left.
"We were supposed to get some last night, but still we're waiting," said Maram Mbye, a clerk at that station, which ran out Saturday.
Staff writers Leona D. Allen, Daniel Koller, Jon Nielsen, Ed Timms, Jeffrey Weiss and Clay Zeigler and The New York Times News Service contributed to this report.
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