Oil prices are global, they shot up because demand outstripped supply, globally. If oil companies could really control this market, they wouldn't have bad years. OPEC+ does have significant control over the market, not complete of course, they suffered during the COVID recession. But the major oil companies are very small as compared with OPEC+ in terms of market control.
The price of gasoline closely tracks the price of oil over time. Higher oil prices ...
I think that last stimulus bill was part of the problem, it sent money to folks who already had delayed travel etc. and saved money, and now everyone wants to travel. I've never seen airports and planes so full as today, hotels are hard to come by, and rental cars as well, everybody is making up for lost time. Demand spiked, global oil supply has been slow to recover for a number of reasons, including labor and parts issues.
It's facile to fault one simple thing for such situations, I think, when multiple factors are involved.