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Pain at the Pump Worse in B/CS? Save Email Print
Posted: 4:41 PM Aug 18, 2008
 Last Updated: 10:56 PM Aug 18, 2008
 Reporter: Kristen Ross
Email Address: ross@kbtx.com
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We're all feeling the pain at the pump, but are we feeling it equally?

If you've done any travelling in the past few weeks you may have noticed that outside Bryan/College Station prices at the pump are much lower, even in big cities like Houston, and Dallas.

"If you fill it up only half a tank, it doesn't seem so bad," Caldwell Resident Nikki Allen said.

We all have our own way of dealing with high gas prices, but for those living in Bryan/College Station it seems like we may be bearing the brunt of the high-end dollar signs.

"In Houston, we were watching on the news about how they were selling gas for $2.08. I wish that was here in College Station," Allen said.

Gas value websites like GasBuddy.com list the most affordable gas in Houston at $3.24, in Dallas at $3.39, in Bryan at $3.57, and College Station, the highest of the four, at $3.64.

So why such big discrepancies?

"A couple of years ago they banned MTBE's in gas, which is what Houston and Dallas used to put in there," Gateway Express Mart and Carwash Owner Drew Congleton said. "Now they put in ethanol, which is subsidized by the government. You pay for it, I pay for it, we all pay for it. But we don't have it in our gas here in Bryan/College Station."

Congleton says they're not marking up prices any different than Houston or Dallas it's just that they have to pay a little more themselves per gallon of gas.

Something Congleton says isn't necessarily a bad thing.

"Major Metropolitan areas have that 10 percent ethanol in their gas, we don't so therefore you also get three to four miles per gallon better gas mileage when you buy our gas," Congleton.

The extra mileage is enough to keep some customers content here, rather than dabble in the less familiar somewhere else.

"I'd rather stick to oil, gas and diesel," Motorist Tim Edwards said. "Use the corn to keep feeding the country."

But it's not only the larger cities like Houston and Dallas that are seeing better prices at the pump. Some of the smaller cities and communities in the Brazos Valley are also seeing this very same trend.

A viewer in Brenham sent in a picture of gas in that area priced at $3.43 a gallon.

We did try and find out why even regionally we may be seeing those differences, but even the experts are having a tough time pin-pointing an answer.

However, this is something we are going to continue to look into and monitor.
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Posted by: Cathy Location: Atlanta on Oct 21, 2008 at 08:55 PM
Commuting Aggie, could you post a reply, please? I've accepted a job at A&M and am thinking about commuting from The Woodlands, but wonder if that's doable? Do other folks at A&M commute to/from Woodlands every day? Thanks.
Posted by: Carl Location: Gehring on Sep 8, 2008 at 03:49 PM
The Exxon station at Hwy 6 & Fitch Pkwy is still selling regular gas at $3.69/gal. WHY? Everyone else is $3.61 or lower. This guy is a rip off. It has been $3.69 for weeks.
Posted by: Kenton Location: College Station on Aug 25, 2008 at 10:20 PM
Drew is wrong about ethanol if you go to Krogers there is a sign stating 10% ethanol and the delivery truck may be the same carrier as his.
Posted by: Shelia Location: Huntsville on Aug 24, 2008 at 09:36 AM
Gas is 3.39 in Huntsville. Yet I found one station on HWY30, owned by an Iranian still selling it for 3.69!! Can he legally do that?
Posted by: EJ Location: Bryan on Aug 23, 2008 at 08:45 AM
I never buy gas in College Station. Never.
Posted by: Karma Location: Madisonville on Aug 21, 2008 at 10:18 PM
Madisonville gas is higher than alot of areas. Gas is cheaper in Walker,Leon,Brazos, Montgomery,and Harris County. Try having a 140 mile roundtrip commute to work. You have to buy gas in another county due to it's too high here. Also, the pumps need to be checked. You turn them on at certain stations and it goes to .03 cents before you start pumping.
Posted by: Tom Location: College Station on Aug 21, 2008 at 04:37 PM
I just got back from the Woodlands and filled up down there for $3.42. So I saved about $3.00 on the fill-up. I would'nt live down there again if it were $1.00/gal cheaper. If that is the "tax" for living here, I'll gladly pay it.
Posted by: Jeff Location: B/CS on Aug 21, 2008 at 02:25 PM
You know, I always when students say it is because people are targeting them with things like high gas prices. Well, there is a first time for everything, and I will admit that in this case, I think they are right. Not being a student it did not occur to me that could be a reason, but what other explanation is there? So although I am a Longhorn, I plan to do my best to by gas on one of my weekly trips out of town in support of aggies getting ripped off at the gas pumps, which in turn hurt us all.
Posted by: JW Location: Bryan on Aug 20, 2008 at 10:59 PM
$3.46 a gallon in Centerville. Small town on I45 cheaper than BCS. Something is wrong here.
Posted by: dennis Location: wixon valley tx on Aug 20, 2008 at 09:37 PM
my wife had to travel into houston yesterday. she found gas for $3.34 a gallon. i travel our local brazos valley area daily. gas was 3.51 in rockdale monday, and 3.51 in conroe tuesday. someones lining their pockets.
Posted by: Charles Location: B/CS on Aug 20, 2008 at 05:46 PM
I moved back to B/CS permanently in 1966 and made frequent trips to Austin, Houston, Dallas and San Antonio and points between. The gas in B/CS has consistently been from five to fifteen cents higher than any city more than twenty to thirty miles away. Don't try to tell me it is the ethanol, it was not around in the sixties and seventies.
Posted by: To Scott on Aug 20, 2008 at 02:53 PM
"the combination of the station owners and, more importantly, the DISTRIBUTOR are raking in the dollars." I suppose you are aware that the same half dozen distributors, all operating out of the same Hearne terminal supply all the stations from Leona to Huntsville to Navasota to Brenham to Dime Box to Marlin?
Posted by: Paul Location: CS on Aug 20, 2008 at 10:38 AM
Thank you Bert. When I moved here in the late 80's gas was .99 in Spring, TX and $1.15 - $1.19 in CS. This has been going on forever.
Posted by: people on Aug 20, 2008 at 10:06 AM
BOYCOTT LOCAL GAS SUPPLIERS
Posted by: Anonymous on Aug 20, 2008 at 09:56 AM
horse and buggy...here I come
Posted by: To Redneck on Aug 20, 2008 at 06:46 AM
"A C-store that sticks the tank is not accurate at all. " However, the gas pumps which dispense the fuel from the tanks ARE (although sometimes the statons try not to make them so). And being 50 gallons short would trigger an investigation into whether the tank was leaking; the water quality guys tend to get real sticky about that after the problems they had in Mexico and the MTBE eating the plastic tanks a few years back. And a 50 gallon "leak" that moves from station to station would, I suspect, cause some hard questions to the jobber...
Posted by: be grateful on Aug 19, 2008 at 07:14 PM
At least we are not paying $3.96 anymore.
Posted by: Redneck Location: Bryan on Aug 19, 2008 at 04:19 PM
To LW:--you have no idea what you are talking about. The truck is strapped & monitored at the rack; however it cannot be monitored at the fuel station. The computer readings are only accurate to within a few hundred gallons. A C-store that sticks the tank is not accurate at all. The jobber will dump gas until the first bump in the hose indicating back air pressure then they watch through the site glass for some bubbles. You can then shut it off & take home about 50-75 gallons of fuel. Also beware of C-stores ordering too much 87 octane.If the tanks are full the jobber then has to dump it in the 93 octane tank. You are now paying super unleaded prices for regualr unleaded!!!!!
Posted by: tom Location: cs on Aug 19, 2008 at 03:43 PM
There is no question B/CS is getting hosed by greedy station owners eager to take advantage of incoming Aggies and their parents. With gas prices in Huntsville, Tomball, and Conroe lower by as much as $0.40 per gallon, there is in my mind evidence of complicity among stations here. it's outrageous!
Posted by: Anonymous on Aug 19, 2008 at 03:32 PM
"Congleton says they're not marking up prices any different than Houston or Dallas it's just that they have to pay a little more themselves per gallon of gas." If that were true, then the price in Navasota would be greater than in BCS and BCS would be greater than in Hearne, since the stations pay RAC mileage from the Hearn terminal in all 3 cities. But the cheapest gas in BCS is always around the HEB and Wal Mart discount pumps; which is why I usually fill up at the Exxon at Texas and 30 (had bad experiences with HEB gas before, you don't know where it's been)...But at it's cheapest, gas here is usually a penny or 2 over Navasotas.
Posted by: Andrea Location: Bryan on Aug 19, 2008 at 03:12 PM
Thank you KBTX for pointing out that the gas prices are much higher in B/CS. I moved here from Dallas last year and thought that the cost of living would be much lower. Much to my surprise, the cost of living here including gas, food and rent are at least 10% higher. I think it is ridiculous.
Posted by: Anonymous on Aug 19, 2008 at 03:04 PM
"If the permian basin has been sucked dry, as reported, then why is that area booming again?" They never said that the Permian Basin was sucked dry, only that they had gotten all the oil that could be recovered at less than $60 per barrel. When the price went from $60 up to $100 and then $150(the first installment in the New Democratic Congress's great change(DO read Al Gore's Grand Plan to force the elimination of the internal combustion engine by 2020)), the profit in drilling for $90 oil went from -$30 per barrel to $60 per barrel. And suddenly A LOT of people decided that drilling for it made a lot of sense. But even after all these wells come on line, it's not going to drop the price of gasoline much, because the problem is that our demand keeps increasing, but all the refineries are maxed out on EPA sulfur credits.
Posted by: Doris Location: Wellborn on Aug 19, 2008 at 02:19 PM
Are we getting ethanoled gas here? That would explain my mileage drop on the last two tankfuls! Went from 18 to 16. Thanks, b.o., for reminding us about airing up the tires.
Posted by: Scott Location: College Station on Aug 19, 2008 at 02:02 PM
Gas and diesel are always less expensive in Hearne, Buffalo, and Sommerville; nothing to do with MTBE vs. ethanol. Don't let anyone fool you - the combination of the station owners and, more importantly, the DISTRIBUTOR are raking in the dollars. Always fill up outside of B/CS when you are traveling. Think of it as filling up right before you turn in a rental car - students, families, business professionals, just stop outside of B/CS and top off your tank! Always...
Posted by: filling up in other places Location: college station on Aug 19, 2008 at 01:42 PM
Even here the difference between Bryan prices and College Station prices are ridiculous. I only fill up in Bryan as it is anywhere from 10-15 cents cheaper than the stations along Hwy 6 south in College Station. When your filling up 4 cars in your family it adds up. We may put in 5 dollars to get us to Bryan - but we NEVER fill our tanks in College Station
Posted by: LW Location: Bryan on Aug 19, 2008 at 01:06 PM
KBTX, thanks for starting this observation. Now that the light is shinning on the fuel jobbers, the prices will come down to normal levels. To REDNECK, the tankers are strapped and monitored for accurate levels, any missing feul would be noticed when the hatches are opened. KBTX should investigate the ethanol mixture story. If I'm not mistaken we have been using up to 10% for years, any more than 10% must be posted on the pump.
Posted by: b o on Aug 19, 2008 at 12:46 PM
you need to check your air pressure in your tires, that will get you .008 increase mpg
Posted by: Anonymous on Aug 19, 2008 at 12:38 PM
I am a driver and I have noticed that when I have driven to the b/cs gas is much higher there which is strange but it seems to me that yal are having the same problem we did in my town and many others the gas stations are coming together in a major alliance to make as much money off people as posible the reason that is happening there is because their isnt any competition there all it would take is one of the major stations there to undercut the other when that happens you will see the prices drop because the other gas stations wouldnt want that sation to make more of a profit than them when so when the major stations lower their prices you will see the independent sations or (small ones) like wal-mart, murpheys, and conco drop their prices therefore giving more relife but thats my opnion its just a lack of competition there between the stations and they want to see how much you will pay before demand there see's a significant drop and people there start buying gas in other towns
Posted by: smart Location: navasota on Aug 19, 2008 at 12:26 PM
we are riding in style, we can afford it. $3.20 a gallon
Posted by: Anonymous Location: Franklin on Aug 19, 2008 at 12:07 PM
You want to see price gouging? Check out the Exxon station in Franklin......they are always the first to move prices way up there but the last to bring them down and the service there is awful.
Posted by: Anonymous on Aug 19, 2008 at 11:05 AM
I think the main reason for the high prices is because we have 2 main distributers of gas and they are sticking together. Broach oil Co. (shell) and Dabbs oil co. (exxon, mobil). So as long as they keep their prices high everyone else is going to follow.
Posted by: Anonymous on Aug 19, 2008 at 10:17 AM
It is all crazy, gas is expensive period. The bottom line is that we are filling the pocket of executives to do whatever they want with our money.
Posted by: Redneck Location: Bryan on Aug 19, 2008 at 09:17 AM
I feel that part of the high gas can be attributed to the fuel haulers skimming diesel & gas from every load for themselves. There is no way to control this & many of them have fuel hoses-nozzels on their truck to put diesel directly into their tractor tanks. If oyu take 50 gallons from a store that is $150 in lost revenues. I think fuel haulers need to be investigated by the authorities.
Posted by: jd Location: bcs on Aug 19, 2008 at 09:15 AM
Since 1967, I have first-hand experienced Gas being cheaper in Hearne than the BCS area. Ethanol was not even around in those days in this area !! Unleaded Gas-yes. So Mr. Congleton does not know what he is talking about. It's a matter of fact-yes, we have a "captive audience"-the students so let's "stick" it to them as well as the residents of these two fine communities. The gas stations/owners know that Mommy and Daddy furnish credit cards to most of their Aggies-so the attitude "let's get them" prevails. How can these people look at themselves in the mirror and feel that they are being fair and honest ! And how can they sleep at night feeling good about this ? I wish KBTX would do an in-depth study and get to the "root" of this issue that has plagued this area for many decades.
Posted by: 60 yr native Location: C.S. TX on Aug 19, 2008 at 08:55 AM
I agree with most of the posters, the students are being gouged, as a result so are we. Prices are high and service stinks!!!!! Studnets are a captive audience! This so called oil crisis happened in the 70's. When the price leveled to where big oil wanted it, it quit rising. There is no oil shortage, never has been. If the permian basin has been sucked dry, as reported, then why is that area booming again? It looks as though its happened again. Students or not we are getting it put to us again!!!! PS - I buy as much as I can out of town where its, CHEAPER!
Posted by: Alan Location: College Station on Aug 19, 2008 at 08:42 AM
The explanation in this article is rubbish. The prices in College Station are higher because Shell and Exxon dominate the market, with independents making up a small fraction of the total market. If you want to have lower prices, avoid buying gas from Exxon and Shell.
Posted by: John Location: B/CS on Aug 19, 2008 at 08:36 AM
I filled up my tank at the Sam's Club in CS on Wednesday 8/13 and paid $3.66 a gallon. On Sunday 8/17 I filled up at the Sam's Club on I-45 in The Woodlands and paid $3.44 after a $.04 cent discount. Even Sam's Club in B/CS is more expensive. Pretty Sad.
Posted by: Tracy Location: College Station on Aug 19, 2008 at 08:24 AM
How come the gas pumps around town are marked that there is ethanol in the gas?? It seems to me, someone is not being truthful.
Posted by: ALL MERCHANTS Location: BCS on Aug 19, 2008 at 07:33 AM
We love the students around here. We can charge whatever and mommy and daddy will pay. That is why this is a great place to start a business. We can hammer the students every year and new students just keep comming. You dont even have to have good service or a good product, they will pay.
Posted by: Katrina C Location: Wellborn on Aug 19, 2008 at 07:21 AM
We went to Memphis this past weekend and in Arkansas, we found gas as cheap as $3.41 a gallon. I couldn't believe it being the fact that you'd THINK that gas would be cheaper in Texas all around just because our state has the refineries. I also noticed no difference in my mileage, so an explanation would be nice.
Posted by: Local commuter on Aug 19, 2008 at 06:57 AM
I have to input my two cents. Folks of B/CS, I travel between three counties on a daily basis, and yes, gas prices in B/CS ARE higher than surrounding counties. My advice, fill up before going to B/CS or, if you live there, go into a surrounding county just to prove a point!
Posted by: john Location: college station on Aug 19, 2008 at 06:39 AM
I wish that stations stocking "Oxygenated fuels" aka ethanol would be required to post the fact. I filled up in Hempsted a couple of weeks ago at a brand name station because I was getting low coming back from Houston, and my mileage INSTANTLY (I have a Scangage mileage indicator) went from 19 to 16 mpg. I easily could have made Navasota, and I sure as heck wish that I had. Maybe KBTX should look into where the boundries of the required Oxygenated fuel area around Houston are, and whether stations outside the boundry are allowed to carry it if they want...
Posted by: Anonymous on Aug 19, 2008 at 04:49 AM
Bryan/CS are price gouging because of the students PERIOD.
Posted by: Life long Bryan Resident Location: Bryan on Aug 18, 2008 at 11:16 PM
TO BH @5:04 I agree with you that we are gouged because it is a college town. However the comment you made is not 100% true. Bryan, Texas existed before Texas A&M College was founded. Bryan was founded and grew as a farming community. College Station was exactly that, a train station depot or stop along the tracks in a desolate area with only a few buildings. Hence the name College Station.
Posted by: James Location: Bryan on Aug 18, 2008 at 10:54 PM
I'm from Bryan currently traveling to the east coast. Gas in Tennesee was as cheap as $3.37 and is even a nickle cheaper than B-CS in Washington D.C. The average on this trip has been about $3.50 per gallon. Yes, B-CS is far more expensive.
Posted by: Greg Location: Bryan on Aug 18, 2008 at 10:20 PM
The excuses given by the Exxon dealer were just plain ridiculous. We hear they make "just a few cents per gallon", but other local Exxon stations are at 3.59/gal, too high but still $0.18 cheaper than him. Ethanol is a dumb idea ($$-wise), but to use it as an excuse for high prices is plain old deceit. And the reporter should have asked where the "better mileage" figures came from; his imagination?
Posted by: Brooke Location: BCS on Aug 18, 2008 at 10:18 PM
First off, high gas prices doesnt "take advantage of the students" ALL THE RESIDENTS ALL PAY THE SAME HIGH PRICES PRICES NOT JUST THE STUDENTS!!!!! Secondly, sorry to burst your bubble "BH", these 2 towns would "exist" just fine without students of the college. Theres more to the twin cities than the college, give us some credit. Smarten up, would ya??? geezzzzzzz
Posted by: Commuting Aggie on Aug 18, 2008 at 10:12 PM
I commute daily from Houston to College Station and only gas up in College Station in a pinch. Gas is easily 10 cents a gallon cheaper at home. I watch the mileage and this Congleton person is just wrong. The consistantly best gas mileage I get comes from a station on 290 between Hempstead and Prairie View, and it is much cheaper than the gas in College Station. The worst prices? Along Wellborn Road and University, right across from campus. Gas prices there were as much as 20 cents a gallon more than what I was paying once I got out of town.
Posted by: CB Location: CS on Aug 18, 2008 at 09:57 PM
I was just in San Antonio and saw gas lowest at $3.15 but the average was about $3.55
Posted by: Anonymous on Aug 18, 2008 at 09:51 PM
Exactly, there is no difference in the gas here, Hearne, or Houston. Its because of the students and the guarantee of sticking it to everyone. Franklin, North Zulch, Buffalo, and several smaller towns are a lot cheaper than here. Krogers in Clute is at 3.34, and several Murphy Oil stations (Wal-Mart) are cheaper elsewhere than here. So if even these are coporate stores, why are they more here?? Its because of the students....
Posted by: Shevy Location: Bryan on Aug 18, 2008 at 09:37 PM
I just traveled over 2700 miles from Bryan, across to Florida, then up to Savannah, GA, and Charleston and Georgetown, SC before cutting back across to Bryan last week. The most expensive gas was my fill up in Bryan before we left, at $3.71. The lowest we saw was $3.36 and we averaged about $3.58. Gas in Huntsville, TX was $3.49 yesterday. Today I saw $3.59 here. Yes, B/CS is paying more than most of the Southeastern United States.
Posted by: todd Location: CS on Aug 18, 2008 at 09:25 PM
FWIW, passing through Hillsboro, TX this weekend, diesel was $4.09 and I don't remember what gas was but Hillsboro isn't Dallas or Houston? So what gives?
Posted by: Geneva Location: Bryan on Aug 18, 2008 at 09:24 PM
My daughter lives in Conroe and 3 of my Doctors are in the Huntsville, Conroe and Woodlands area. Even 4 years ago when my daughter was a student at Sam Houston gas was much cheaper than in Bryan. When we go to that area, we leave with as empty a tank as possible to get there. I paid 3.42 a gallon in Conroe Friday. I paid 3.64 in either Shiro or Roans Prarie last week. Prices are higher here because the students are here and they keep the gas prices going up at the same rate as tuition at TAMU
Posted by: Anonymous on Aug 18, 2008 at 09:00 PM
am i wrong, or did gas go up today about 6 cents at some stations
Posted by: Anonymous on Aug 18, 2008 at 08:41 PM
Drew Congleton is a bald faced liar. B/CS gas stations sell the same gas as the station in Roans Prairie which is about 10-12 cent/gal cheaper. Local gas is higher because students use daddy's plastic and only go to the dealers that accept their credit card. When the big oil stations know they have locked in customers, they can keep their prices high and there is no pressure on the independents to lower theirs.
Posted by: SMG Location: CS on Aug 18, 2008 at 08:39 PM
AG is in Austin...where the gas (according to austingasprices.com) is as cheap as 3.41 at Sam's. I paid 3.60 at the CS Sam's today!
Posted by: Anonymous on Aug 18, 2008 at 08:28 PM
The Houston areas are on a more expensive fuel. EPA makes the spec.for it. We still pay more then Houston. WHY????
Posted by: Paul Location: Bryan on Aug 18, 2008 at 07:47 PM
Do you think the public is really this stupid? Everyone knows that gas prices remain high in this area because the students are back in town. Businesses want to make as much money as possible - to make up for the slow summer season.
Posted by: Davis Location: College Station on Aug 18, 2008 at 07:30 PM
This is just another way to GIG the Aggies. Taking advantage of students seems to be an acceptable trait around here.
Posted by: Sherlock Location: College Station on Aug 18, 2008 at 07:11 PM
Students come back, gas goes up. Students go home, gas goes down. Simple supply and demand when Mommy and Daddy are buying Junior's gas on their credit card. I'm surprised that a cash-only station doesn't start a price war since they don't have the transaction fees and chargebacks.
Posted by: Chemist Location: Texas on Aug 18, 2008 at 07:01 PM
OK I will attempt to write this without laughing. I have never heard such B S in all my life. Drive east to Madisonville at this time gas is about 8 cents a gallon less. Congleton it is better to keep your mouth shut and make people guess if your an idiot than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. Are you really saying that the gas sold in large cities has a different makeup than the gas sold in BCS. Do you really think that the refineing process is different. Please man go on to explain. So tell me why do they have less expensive gas in Hearne, Huntsville, Madisonville and other mid and small size towns. I really thaught that when a buddy called and told me to read this he was joking. HAHAHHAH I do not know whats funnier that fact that some guy said it or that some journalist printed it.
Posted by: Bert Location: College Station on Aug 18, 2008 at 05:16 PM
You noticed? It's been that way since I moved here 35 years ago. I'd been in the gasoline business, and noticed immediately that it was 10 - 15% higher here than anywhere else.
Posted by: LG Location: CS on Aug 18, 2008 at 05:07 PM
Where's the Attorney General???
Posted by: BH Location: Bryan on Aug 18, 2008 at 05:04 PM
This is a perfect example of everything in BCS. Gas is higher, rent is higher and groceries are higher. Merchants are taking advantage of the students because they know they will pay. We all have to suffer for this. Problem is, that if Texas A & M wasn't here Bryan and College Station would not exist.
Posted by: simple on Aug 18, 2008 at 04:51 PM
college town gouging, robbing the students and residents
Posted by: Hogwash Location: Shiro on Aug 18, 2008 at 04:50 PM
I get the same gas mileage buying gas in Bryan and in Spring.I know because have bought it in both places recently.It is the same muddied excuses for why one station stills sells it for 3.90 and across town for 3.40.
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