US to tap strategic petroleum reserve

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will release 5 million barrels of sour crude from the United States’ emergency stockpile in what officials described as a “test” of the nation’s ability to respond to oil supply disruptions around the globe.

Energy Department spokesman Bill Gibbons said the drawdown was ordered “to appropriately assess the system’s capabilities in the event of a disruption.”

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