October 13, 2008
Statement from DOE’s Chief Spokesperson Andrew Beck Regarding Delivery of Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil
WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Energy is delivering 200,000 barrels of emergency exchange oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to Placid Oil’s refinery at Port Allen, Louisiana through the Shell pipeline system.
The oil was requested by Placid because of disruptions in supply caused by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.
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