An annoying patern I have noticed is during the summer months each year they raise the prices because it is summer time and more poeple travel but in the fall and winter it NEVER goes down and they repeat this every year, Including this one. This all seems like a game to me considering all experts say the market has plenty of oil in reserves to keep the world spining and enough coming out of refiners to match. This isn't about supply and demand its just plain bullying the ultra eliete get richer and the rest of the world suffers.