IRVING (November 12, 2009)—The average price at the pump in Texas has dropped 4 cents since last week after climbing steadily for a month, AAA-Texas reported Thursday.

AAA Texas said the average price per gallon at the pump was $2.51.

Prices decreased 3 cents nationally to $2.65.

Fort Worth and Amarillo had the lowest price at $2.47 a gallon; El Paso continues to have the most expensive gas at $2.64, just one penny below the national average.

The association says prices are less volatile because of stabilized oil prices and a change in the expected path of Hurricane Ida away from offshore oil fields.

Huge supplies of oil and gasoline also contributed to the stabilized prices.