WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Energy is delivering 500,000 barrels of emergency exchange oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to Marathon Petroleum Company's Midwest refineries along the Capline pipeline system.

The oil was requested by Marathon because of disruptions in supply caused by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.

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