PHILADELPHIA - The price of gas across the country will likely continue to balloon after President Joe Biden banned Russian oil imports Tuesday to turn the screws on Russian leader Vladimir Putin's assault of Ukraine. "We're banning all imports of Russian oil and gas and energy.
That means Russian oil will no longer be accepted at U.S. ports," the president announced on Tuesday.According to a report from the Associated Press, the U.S.
imported 245 million barrels of oil from Russia in 2021, representing about 8% of all U.S. oil imports and an increase from 198 million barrels in 2020.
That is less than what the U.S. gets from Canada or Mexico, but more than the country imported in 2021 from Saudi Arabia.AAA website says the national average price for a gallon of regular is at an all-time high of $4.173, as of March 8.