GAS UP 7-CENTS PER GALLON

  

The statewide gas price average in Texas has risen 7-cents per gallon in the past week.

The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel is now $2.42, according to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch.

The current price is 31 cents more per gallon compared to this day last year.

Of the major metropolitan areas surveyed in Texas, drivers in Midland are paying the most on average at $2.61 while drivers in San Antonio are paying the least at $2.30 per gallon.

Locally, a gallon of gas averages $2.40 per gallon.

In Texas, drivers are seeing the largest weekly increase in Abilene, where regular unleaded gasoline is 17 cents more per gallon than last week.

The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is $2.65, which is eight cents more than last week and 35 cents more than the price per gallon at this same time last year