High gas prices falsely attributed to a shutdown of US oil production
CLAIM: Gas prices are skyrocketing because oil production has been “shut down” in the United States. The U.S. produced just as many barrels of crude oil per day in 2021 as it did in 2020, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. THE FACTS: As prices at the pump hit a record high on Tuesday, social media users shared a graphic made on Gasbuddy.com, which tracks gas prices nationally, to falsely claim the increases are the result of a shutdown in U.S. oil production by President Joe Biden. The U.S. was producing 11.185 million barrels of crude oil per day in 2021, compared with an average of 11.283 million barrels per day in 2020, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Top Republicans blame Biden for the higher gas prices, and assail the White House for promoting climate change-fighting environmental measures that they said had hurt U.S. energy production domestically and helped drive fuel prices up.
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