![The US' emergency oil reserves are usually kept for responding to situations such as hurricane-related shutdowns at oil refineries. Reuters](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/OBRINJHNF7IJ4NST3JPSIUJKQY.jpg?smart=true&auth=760d5a2f95d764b2c187ebd98858e70c6b916b99545a55fe5a0c73fe9a122e5e&width=400&height=225)
The US' emergency oil reserves are usually kept for responding to situations such as hurricane-related shutdowns at oil refineries. Reuters
The US' emergency oil reserves are usually kept for responding to situations such as hurricane-related shutdowns at oil refineries. Reuters
US plans to purchase three million barrels of oil to refill emergency reserves
This follows a record 180 million barrel release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to address the supply disruption