Gas Prices Rapidly Surge to Surpass Previously Unthinkable Milestone

HOUSTON, TEXAS - APRIL 01: A Shell gas pumping station is seen on April 01, 2022 in Houston, Texas. The Biden administration announced Thursday that the U.S. will release up to one million barrels of oil per day from the United States’ strategic petroleum reserve. The move is geared towards lessening the impact of rising gas prices amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. “The scale of this release is unprecedented: the world has never had a release of oil reserves at this 1 million per day rate for this length of time,” the White House said. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)