But the price per barrel fell 6.2 percent, to $14.22, helping to drive the total oil bill down 3.7 percent, to $9.9 billion.
The nation's oil bill, meanwhile, climbed moderately to $4 billion, a level equal to 83 percent of the trade deficit.
An extra $10 a barrel adds about $5 billion a month to oil bills.
The industrial countries' oil bill will rise about $90 billion a year if oil goes to $30 a barrel.
The additional oil bills from the 1970's shocks represented 2 percent of economic output.
For a 5,500-square-foot home, I will be paying $3,000 to $4,000 in water rates, while my oil bill is under $3,000.
Once consumption approaches current production capacity, each extra barrel could add $200 to the world's oil bill.
America's foreign oil bill rose 15.3 percent in May to $4.6 billion.
Do you know my oil bill was $263 last month?
Their parents, released from car pools and oil bills, join in the fray.