{"id":525106,"date":"2026-03-09T19:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T19:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/525106\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T19:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T19:04:09","slug":"tracking-gas-and-oil-prices-as-iran-war-escalates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/525106\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracking gas and oil prices as Iran war escalates"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Oil prices have surged<\/a> this \ufeffweek, raising the price at the pump<\/a> just as Americans are already struggling with affordability<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n

\n Oil prices Monday hit their highest level since mid-2022<\/a> when markets were rocked by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.\n <\/p>\n

\n CNN is tracking the daily price of oil and gasoline, including the average price at the pump in each US state.\n <\/p>\n

\n The AAA national average for regular gasoline has surged to the highest level of either of President Donald Trump\u2019s terms in the White House.\n <\/p>\n

\n See the average price per gallon of gasoline in each state and how it has changed since the beginning of the US-Israeli war with Iran:\n <\/p>\n

\n The war with Iran has sent oil prices higher<\/a> for two primary reasons: a near shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz and a slowdown in oil production in the Middle East.\n <\/p>\n

\n Iran controls the north side of the strait, a narrow waterway that is the main shipping route<\/a> for crude from oil-rich countries such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to the rest of the world.\n <\/p>\n

\n The last time oil traded above $100 was in the wake of Russia\u2019s attack on Ukraine in 2022. Oil broke above $100 in March 2022 and stayed around there until July 19, 2022.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oil prices have surged this \ufeffweek, raising the price at the pump just as Americans are already struggling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":525107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-525106","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}