The U.S. Department of Energy said on Thursday it will buy up to 30 million barr...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Energy said on Thursday it will buy up to 30 million barrels of crude oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve by the end of June as a first step in fulfilling President Donald Trump’s directive to fill the emergency stockpile to help domestic crude producers.
The reserve, in caverns on the Texas and Louisiana coasts, has 77 million barrels of available capacity. The first 30 million barrel purchase will be for both sweet and sour crude oil and will focus on buying from small and midsize producers with less than 5,000 employees, the Energy Department said.
Brouillette also said a second round of purchases for the reserve could occur in 60 to 90 days. “We’re moving out as fast as we can possibly move out,” Brouillette said. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Fox Business he would tell Trump to take advantage of low oil prices and ask Congress for $10 billion to $20 billion to fill up the SPR for the long term. “We should be filling up the reserve for the next 10 years,” Mnuchin said. Brouillette said he had not yet talked to Mnuchin about that plan, but would soon.
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