Healy Baumgardner, (202) 586-4940
September 18, 2008
The oil was requested by ConocoPhillips because of disruptions in supply caused by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.
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| News Media Contact(s): Healy Baumgardner, (202) 586-4940 |
For Immediate Release September 18, 2008 |
| Statement from DOE’s Chief Spokesperson Andrew Beck Regarding Delivery of Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil | |
| WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Energy is delivering 561,000 barrels of emergency exchange oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to ConocoPhillips Company’s Wood River refinery along the Capline pipeline system.
The oil was requested by ConocoPhillips because of disruptions in supply caused by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike. |
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| U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Public Affairs, Washington, D.C. | |