Healy Baumgardner, (202) 586-4940
September 27, 2008
The oil was requested by Marathon 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 27, 2008 |
| Statement from DOE’s Chief Spokesperson Andrew Beck Regarding Delivery of Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil | |
| 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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| U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Public Affairs, Washington, D.C. | |