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US to release 172 million barrels of oil from strategic petroleum reserve (www.reuters.com)
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[โ€“] yogthos@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, I recall it was down to 400 mil barrels already thanks to Biden releasing oil earlier.

[โ€“] MrTomS@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah that was in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Russian oil being taken off the market and of course trying to lower the price of gas before the mid terms in '22