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Washington, Reuters, Aug.1, 2023. "The Biden administration has pulled an offer to buy 6 million barrels of oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, an Energy Department spokesman said on Tuesday, as oil pricesare expected to keep rising after an output cut from Saudi Arabia.
The U.S. made the latest solicitation to buy the sour crude oil for the SPR on July 7. After the administration released a record 180 million barrels from the reserve last year to control prices after Russia's invasion of Ukranine. the Energy Department has bought back 6.3 million barrels in recent months.
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