Senior Biden official who expects gas to drop to $4 a gallon says oil prices has ‘come down at the fastest rate’ in decades

Senior Biden official who expects gas to drop to $4 a gallon says oil prices has ‘come down at the fastest rate’ in decades

A senior adviser in President Joe Biden's administration said he expects gas prices at the pump will continue to decrease toward $4 a gallon. "It's not $5 anymore, it's now $4.55. And I expect it to come down more towards $4. And we already have many gas stations around the country that are below $4," Amos Hochstein, the White House's senior adviser for energy security, told on Sunday. He added: "This is the fastest decline rate that we've seen against a major increase in oil prices during a war in Europe, where one of the parties in the war is the third largest producer in the world. So these are extraordinary circumstances. We've taken very tough measures to address them right away, both for the American consumer but really for global economy, too." Hochstein also said he was confident in upcoming negotiations with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to increase oil supply. "There is - I'm not going to go into how much spare capacity there is in Saudi Arabia and in UAE and Kuwait, etc. - but there is additional spare capacity, there is room for increased production. As we've told producers in the United States,