HOUSTON (January 17, 2013)--Retail gasoline prices across Texas slipped a penny this week, AAA-Texas reported Thursday.

AAA says the average price at the pump statewide settled at $3.17 per gallon.

Gasoline prices nationally are down 2 cents to reach $3.29 per gallon.

Association officials say El Paso has the least expensive gasoline in Texas with an average $2.96 per gallon, while the most expensive gasoline statewide is in Dallas at $3.20 per gallon.

Crude oil prices have traded in a narrow range to begin 2013.

AAA analysts say there's an ample supply of product inventories in most parts of the U.S.