Gas prices

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Twenty-eight U.S. states saw record-high gas prices over the past couple of weeks, and it looks like things are about to get worse.

The national average price per gallon of gas hit record highs on Tuesday.

Shell reported record high earnings of $9.13 billion in the first quarter of 2022, prompting action from lawmakers to impose higher taxes on gas companies to aid those struggling amidst rising prices.

Starting this week, Walmart+ members can get 10 cents off a gallon of gas at participating stations.

As he had already warned, President Vladimir Putin conditions the delivery of gas to payment in rubles and in Russian banking institutions.

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An ongoing storm of supply chain constraints, consumer demand and overseas conflict is causing inflation to rise at the fastest rate since 1981.

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Thursday's decision is the first of its kind in U.S. history.

A TikTok is going viral after featuring a sky-high bill at a local gas station.

The West Coast city is seeing sky-high gasoline prices dollars above the national average.

Thursday marked the first time oil prices hit more than $100 a barrel since 2014.

GasBuddy's 2022 Gasoline Forecast (pdf), released Dec. 29, predicts that the national retail gasoline price will average $3.41 per gallon for all of 2022-assuming no significant interruptions to the ongoing economic recovery.

National average retail gasoline prices have been in a downward trend since peaking at $3.505 for the week ending Nov. 8, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

For the week of Nov. 1, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline rose to a seven-year high of $3.390, up less than a cent from $3.383 the week prior, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

As of Oct. 27, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline rose to $3.394 from the prior day's $3.389 and up from the month ago average of $3.189, according to AAA.

For the week of Sept. 6, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline rose to a seven-year high of $3.176 from $3.139 the week prior.

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The governors of Virginia, Florida and Georgia have all signed executive orders in their respective states in an attempt to prohibit price gauging of fuel prices and to prepare for possible shortages.

Governor Roy Cooper ordered the temporary suspension of "motor vehicle fuel regulations" in order to preserve the remaining fuel in the state.