President Trump has directed the Energy Department to secure 77 million barrels of American oil to fill the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve, amid the ongoing global coronavirus crisis and an oil war between Russia and Saudi Arabia. The department will begin filling the reserves by soliciting up to 30 million barrels of oil and will […]
Top NSC Official Reassigned to Energy Department Amid ‘Anonymous’ Fallout…
Deputy national security adviser Victoria Coates will be reassigned as a senior adviser to Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette, the National Security Council said Thursday — and a senior White House official said that the administration “rejects” the rumors that she is “Anonymous.” Why it matters: Coates has battled claims that she is the still-unknown Trump […]
Oil Markets Brace As U.S. Looks To Sell 100 Million Barrels From SPR…
The U.S. has stored roughly 700 million barrels of crude oil in salt caverns in Texas and Louisiana for decades. The SPR was established in the aftermath of the Arab oil embargo in 1973…