For nearly 60 straight days, drivers have seen a steady drop in gasoline prices — something that seemed unfathomable earlier in the summer when the average price nationally approached $5 a gallon.
The national average dipped below $4 Thursday for the first time since March, according to AAA, and the average price in Texas leads the country at $3.49 a gallon. As it stands now, an average 15-gallon fill-up in the Dallas metro costs just under $51 — down from over $70 at the worst of the price surge earlier this summer.
But noted gas price authorities Tom Kloza, global head of energy analysis for Dow Jones-owned Oil Price Information Service, and GasBuddy oil analyst Patrick De Haan believe the trend is approaching an end.
