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Oil prices are unlikely to drop to the level the U.S. Administration has said would trigger purchases for refilling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), U.S. oil executives and analysts say, suggesting that the shale patch will not boost production in response to President Biden’s plan to increase output in the …

The Biden administration will start buying crude to replenish the strategic petroleum reserve when prices fall to between $67 and $72 per barrel, the White House said in a fact sheet. “As part of its commitment to ensure replenishment of the SPR, the DOE is finalizing a rule that will …

President Joe Biden will announce the release of 15 million barrels of oil from the US strategic reserve on Wednesday as part of a response to recent production cuts announced by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC+) nations. As per Washington Post, he will say more oil sales …

Some Biden administration officials are growing concerned that their plan to cap the price of oil purchased from Russia may backfire after the OPEC+ alliance’s surprise production cut last week, according to people familiar with the matter. The plan seeks to keep enough Russian supplies on the global market to …

US President Joe Biden warned Tuesday that there will be “consequences” for Saudi Arabia after Riyadh threw its weight behind a production cut by the oil cartel OPEC+ which has sent prices soaring. “There’s going to be some consequences for what they’ve done with Russia,” Biden said in an interview …

President Joe Biden on Friday slammed ExxonMobil for not producing more oil, as soaring gas prices deplete Americans’ wallets and the US leader’s popularity ahead of midterm elections. “Exxon made more money than God this year,” he said, advocating increasing taxes on oil companies. ExxonMobil reported massive profits in the …

US President Joe Biden has blamed Russia for another crisis, saying his country might not be able to generate enough electricity to meet consumer demand. He partially blamed the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Biden declared an energy emergency on Monday, saying national security and quality of life are jeopardized by …

When President Biden announced earlier this week that the federal government would be releasing 50 million barrels of crude from the strategic petroleum reserve, perhaps those around him expected prices to go down significantly and stay down. Instead, prices rose, and OPEC+ gave a heavy hint it might cut supply. …

U.S. President Joe Biden is considering a release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) as a possible move to reduce gasoline prices in the United States, after OPEC+ ignored on Thursday calls for putting extra barrels on the market, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm told Bloomberg on Friday. “The SPR …

U.S. President Joe Biden blamed a surge in oil and gas prices on a refusal by OPEC nations to pump more crude. Speaking at a climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Biden also attributed higher inflation to the coronavirus slowing down the supply chain.