An oil storage tank and crude oil pipeline equipment is seen during a tour by the Department of Energy at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Freeport, Texas, U.S. June 9, 2016. REUTERS/Richard Carson/File Photo Purchase Licensing RightsThe U.S. is seeking to buy up to 6 million barrels of oil to help replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve after a historic sale from the facility in 2022, the Energy Department said on Wednesday.
Reuters reported exclusively this week that the solicitation would take place on Wednesday as the administration of President Joe Biden buys oil for the SPR while prices are relatively low.
