I think we should go after all corporations that are price gouging, but we won't. The game is rigged to benifit a corrupt few, and to heck with the peon majority.
When you take into account sales tax at the pump (remember 68 million) then you add permitting, licenses, government fee's, environmental impact reports. Then add income tax on every working individual in the oil business, really who is making the money off of oil? Yeah big oil companies are making money but the government is bending us over..
This chart is a little old but it is educational as to the cost of production of oil in 2007 dollars. Of course its no cheaper now, given new regulations. But I always ask how much money does the government spend in locating, pumping, and refining oil into gasoline? Kind of like the lottery, if you win 1M dollars you would be lucky to get 500K the rest goes to government, how many tickets did they buy for you? How much cost did they incur in creating the lottery, or anything to do with the lottery? In a word you could say ZIPPO!!
If you have a headache, do what it says on the aspirin bottle: Take two, and KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN.