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Houston gasoline prices fall to their lowest levels in nearly half a year, thanks to lower crude prices and a decline in demand

Andrew Schneider

Posted on August 9, 2022 · High prices at the pump this spring and early summer have caused people to limit their driving and their purchases at the pump.

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Gasoline prices are soaring well above the price of crude oil. Here’s why

Andrew Schneider

Posted on July 25, 2022 · Reduced U.S. and European refining capacity, Russia’s war in Ukraine, and even Chinese export limits are all combining to send prices at the pump far higher than they were the last time crude oil traded in the $100-a-barrel range.

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Will Oil Prices Go Negative Again? Here Are 3 Things To Watch For

Kyra Buckley, KUT

Posted on May 14, 2020 · The same trading deadline that helped push prices below zero in April is now approaching for this month. But experts don't expect things to get quite as bad.

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Analyst: Plummet In Oil Prices Should Be No Cause For Worry — Yet

Houston Public Media Staff

Posted on November 20, 2018 · Experts say the steep drop in oil prices is neither worrying nor surprising. 

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Saudis Cut Oil Price Just As Texas Drillers Added Rigs

Dave Fehling

Posted on August 2, 2016 · Over the weekend, Saudi Aramco cut the price of oil for September delivery by $1.10 a barrel. Meanwhile, in the Texas oil patch, new signs of life.

Tags crude oil prices OPEC Texas oil and gas

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Crude Oil Prices Plunge To Lowest Level Since 2003

Andrew Schneider

Posted on January 12, 2016 · The drop came as BP announced plans to cut another 4,000 exploration and production jobs by 2017.

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Statewide prison lockdown (Sept. 7, 2023)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on September 7, 2023 · On Thursday's show: We learn why the Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued an immediate lockdown at all Texas prisons this week.

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Harris County officials are urging residents to be prepared as storm activity ramps up in the Gulf

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on August 22, 2023 · This comes after a handful of tropical systems recently formed over the span of four days.

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Remembering Hurricane Alicia: Lessons learned 40 years after Houston’s “forgotten disaster”

Michael Hagerty

Posted on August 15, 2023 · Houston Public Media's Hurricane Season recalls the Category 3 storm which made landfall this week in 1983.

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Relief from the excessive heat (Aug. 15, 2023)

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Posted on August 15, 2023 · On Tuesday's show: We’re in another week of excessive heat, but we might finally, truly have some relief in sight...maybe. Eric Berger of Space City Weather discusses this potential meteorological light at the end of the tunnel.

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