AAA: Gas up about $1/gallon since Jan. 1 - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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According to the AAA New Mexicl WeekendGas Watch, this week’s state averagde is $2.59. The most expensive gas among the statess most populous cities can be found in Santa Fe at Albuquerque and Las Crucese are the least expensiveat $2.53. Nationally, gasolines is $2.59 a gallon, up 12 centxs in a week and about 45 cents in one Prices are still abouta $1.40 below where they were on this date one year ago.
“Too put the current prices into perspective, the average fill-upo for a car with a 14 gallohn tankis $36,” said AAA New Mexico spokesman Dan “Motorists are paying between $12 and $15 a gallonh more per tank than what were they just five monthsx ago, however, last summer that same tank of gas costs drivers nearly $56.” Analystse point to rising oil and wholesal gas prices as the reason for the In late April, a barrel of oil cost $51 and now costes about $69. Commodities investors are bumpingg up crude oil and wholesalw gasoline prices because surveysshow there’se increasing optimism about the economy.
And even whilr gasoline and oil suppliesremain abundant, some analystz believe supplies will tightehn once the economy picks up momentum. •Nationalo $2.59 •New Mexico $2.59 •Texas $2.45 •Albuquerque $2.53 •Las Cruces $2.53 •Santa Fe Area $2.58 •Flagstaff (Ariz.) $2.57 •Tucson $2.32 •Denver (Colo.) $2.45 •Durangp (Colo.) $2.65 •Las Vegas $2.58 •Amarillo (Tx.) $2.54 •El Paso (Tx.) $2.
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