Thursday, April 16, 2026
The Jones Act Isn’t Your Pump Problem
Every few years, high gas prices resurrect the same villains, but the math tells a different story. Rhythmic and reliable as the tides, here we go again. Gas prices rise, and right on schedule, someone proposes that the Jones Act is to blame and that a federal waiver would send prices tumbling. It happens during hurricane season, during pipeline disruptions, and now, with the current administration’s comments on crude markets rattled by Middle East tensions. As a maritime attorney based in Houston, when
