DOE Approves Oil Reserve Swap to Support Gulf Coast Fuel Supply
TL;DR
The U.S. Department of Energy approved an exchange of up to one million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve with ExxonMobil to support refinery operations affected by offshore supply disruptions, with ExxonMobil returning the oil and additional barrels at no cost to taxpayers, aiming to stabilize regional fuel supplies and maintain energy independence.
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