Gas prices are seen at a gas station in Vernon Hills, Ill., on June 11, 2021. Crude prices continued to gain on Thursday even after the U.S. and 30 other countries announced a coordinated release of oil from their reserves. Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption
A customer prepares to pump gas into her car at a Shell station on Wednesday in San Rafael, Calif. A surge in gas prices this year is leaving the Biden administration looking for options to do something about it. One that's getting recent attention is tapping the country's emergency oil stockpile. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption