If prices for Middle Eastern oil go up, global oil prices will go up. If the supply in the Middle East is restricted, global supply is restricted.
The major problem is suply and demand which ups the price.
Here in San Diego we have had the highest prices the longest, at times close to $4.00
But I laugh as I never owned a car in my life and take public transortation, did while I worked for several decades, all my errans, etc.
People choose their situations. The folks who want to live in the burbs with their 5 bedrms and 4 baths, etc and commute 50+ extra miles a day, their choice not the oil co.