Biden begins to refill Strategic Petroleum Reserve, while Keystone Pipeline leak prompts new emergency exchange | CNN Business

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The Biden administration has announced plans to provide nearly 2 million barrels of oil to refineries through an emergency exchange and simultaneously begin efforts to replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve early next year

The new emergency exchange is aimed at addressing “potential supply disruptions” caused by the shutdown of the Keystone Pipeline due to a leak earlier this month, the Energy Department said. Part of that key pipeline remains shuttered and no timeline has been issued for a full reopening. Emergency exchanges allow oil refineries to borrow oil from the SPR for a short period due to supply disruptions such as hurricanes or pipeline outages.

The move to begin to refill the SPR — and to lock in a price — comes as oil prices have plunged to one-year lows amid recession fears. “This repurchase is an opportunity to secure a good deal for American taxpayers by repurchasing oil at a lower price than the $96 per barrel average price it was sold for, as well as to strengthen energy security,” the Energy Department said in a statement.

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LetsGoBrandon is choking off affordable energy in America. He needs to fast-track licenses, drilling permits, and EXPLORATION FUNDING! The economy is a CONSUMER PULL SYSTEM, NOT A GOVERNMENT PUSH SYSTEM! GOVERNMENT IS THE PROBLEM, NOT THE SOLUTION!

More hydrocarbons! Pls, in this information economy of ours, HAVE YOU EVER WISHED YOU LEARNED THINGS FASTER AND/OR RETAINED MORE FACTS AND FIGURES from each item of information you consume? We just dropped a short but INCISIVE publication on this. See our timeline. Thanks.

Biden: oil is destroying the planet. Also Biden: burn more oil ASAP. 🔥🛢

He fucked it all up when he took office. Now he's scrambling around pretending he cares so dems don't lose the white house in two years.

What a backfire to the Biden Administration lololol

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