The White House said Wednesday that it’s asking the world’s top oil-producing nations to ramp up production to help offset rising gas prices in the United States and curb excessive inflation that could stifle the economy.
President Joe Biden’s administration called on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries — a cartel of 13 oil-producing nations that include Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates — to increase output.
National security adviser Jake Sullivan included OPEC+ members, which include Russia, Malaysia and Mexico, in his remarks.
“The price of crude oil has been higher than it was at the end of 2019, before the onset of the pandemic,” Sullivan said in a statement.
OPEC agreed last month to raise oil production by 400,000 barrels per day, per month, but Sullivan said that’s “simply not enough.”
“[That] will not fully offset previous production cuts that OPEC+ imposed during the pandemic until well into 2022,” he said, underscoring that now is a “critical moment in the global recovery.”
“President Biden has made clear that he wants Americans to have access to affordable and reliable energy, including at the pump,” he added.
“Although we are not a party to OPEC, the United States will always speak to international partners regarding issues of significance that affect our national economic and security affairs, in public and private.”
AAA said this week that while the cost of crude oil has declined some, prices at U.S. pumps are expected to remain high for at least the rest of August.
“Today’s national average is $3.19,” the organization said in a statement. “That is the most expensive gas price average of the year as well as $1.02 more than a year ago, a nickel more than a month ago and two cents more than a week ago.”
California has the nation’s most expensive gasoline, at $4.39 per gallon, followed by Hawaii ($4.10), Nevada ($4.05), Washington ($3.88), Utah ($3.87) and Idaho ($3.81), according to AAA.
Mississippi ($2.79), Louisiana ($2.82) and Texas ($2.84) have the nation’s least-expensive gas.
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It’s not merely hypocrisy, it’s outright stupidity. To squash our energy independence, ostensibly to get back at Donald Trump, then request others supply our needs, at much higher cost, shows a total disregard for the general population and ignorance of proven ecomic axioms or the Biden clan has surreptitious interests that would benefit greatly by this arrangement!
The quid-pro-joe is getting kickbacks from a number of the open countries, when we exporting our oil we put a huge crimp in what open was getting and it was in the interest of those countries that quid-pro-joe killed not just the pipeline but almost all oil production in this country, so he did.
It is unclear just how much the quid-pro-joe is getting but just watch when he leaves office he will suddenly have enough to buy 3 or 4 20 million mansions just like his xuck buddy bamba boy did
ITS NOT stupidity, ITS OUTRIGHT TREASON..
The ” President who Shut Down …. Key-Stone Pipe Line , “…. Urges ( Opec ) to Increase oil Out put to Control As Prices .” If there were any doubt about President Joe Bidens capability to manage the Countries economy for the well be! ng of Americas Citizens that doubt should have been removed when Presifent ordered the xhuting down of the Key Stone Pipe Line and in the doing, put a lot of people out of work. Not only did Joe Blden hurt American workers who were out o f a job but he damaged the ecunomy because those pipe lime workets didn’t have money to buy things with ad they did before when they had a job, Thanks, Joe Biddn!
“President Biden has made clear that he wants Americans to have access to affordable and reliable energy, including at the pump,” he added.…….. Bull!
Are you stupid enough to believe this?? 😯
We the U.S. were energy independent, UNTIL the traitorous Democrats decided it was better for the U.S. to give our money to other countries than to produce our own energy.
Why would the Democrats want to stop our oil production and be dependent on other countries for our energy??
The Dishonorable, Socialist Democrat Party game plan is to lie, cheat and steal elections in order to take total control of the American people, increase Taxes on everything and bring American commerce and economy to its knees.
Then access power and retain it by any means available –
no matter the costs to the people, the government or the nation.
All the satan worshipping DEMONcrats in office are getting money from other countries to keep our oil production shut down for all time to force the US to be subservient to other un countries, this has been part of the un agenda for years now look what bamba boy did during his time in office, he caused how much damage and blamed it on other parties but not on his own
ANYONE who believes their lies, NEEDS TO get an immediate Full body MRI, to find out where their brain, MIGRATED TO!
Ah, dependency on the Middle East, Venezuela and the Russians for oil, but Biden will not drill for oil in our Country. Hey environmentalists, why aren’t you screaming about the “global warming” that the Middle East, Venezuela and Russia are causing? Hypocrites!
Venezuela shut down the oil fields they had, their Supreme Master shut down everything that would bring in money for the people. The leaders of that particular country will allow anything or anyone to make as much as a peso, even the rich copper mines were shut down because the people were working and making more than enough to live on, the gov in that ountry also made illegal to own farms and private property. Well guess what our own gov is wanting to do the same things here that were done over in venezuela.
BECAUSE to those environuts, ONLY OUR NATION can ‘save the planet’.
So help me God, I could strangle this idiot. We had gained energy independence under Trump—we became resellers—we didn’t have to depend on OPEC any longer. Biden wipes it all out and now wants to crawl back to OPEC asking for help.
“The White House said Wednesday that it’s asking the world’s top oil-producing nations to ramp up production to help offset rising gas prices in the United States and curb excessive inflation that could stifle the economy.”
I hope they tell you NO.
Impeach Biden
I’d like to do MORE THAN just strangle him.. AND EVERYONE ELSE In his demented administration!
Maybe the logic is to let them use up all their oil and then we can sell ours back at twice the price. Hee heheee
Logic? LOGIC?
You honestly think this full on CRETIN, has even a CONCEPT of what logic is, LET ALONE CAN USE ANY!
The ND oil producers sent a scathing letter to the Biden administration calling them out on stopping the pipeline and now.claiming to be worried about the price of fuel for Americans.
WHY DO WE LET THESE DEMOCRATS WEAR OR STAND IN FRONT OF THE STARS AND STRIPES?
this sickens me they would burn the flag if they could
I heard some people ping on Mike Lindell of My Pillow because he used Giza Egyptian cotton over American grown cotton. Wow. Bed sheets, really? We have a “leader” in Jughead Biden who prefers Mideast oil over American oil and sending Canadian oil to communist China rather than into the USA. Reality check anyone?
I’d love to reply, to those fools “MAYBE IF AMERICAN cotton was as good AS egyptian cotton, lindel would be USING IT”..