U.S. Department of Energy Announces Two Solicitations to Purchase Oil for Strategic Petroleum Reserve Replenishment
As of mid-March, the Department of Energy has bought a total of 29.61 million barrels of crude, all of it going to the Big Hill SPR site, at an average price of $76.57 per barrel, equivalent to 16% of the 180 million barrels released back then.
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