Another suggestion, to release some oil from the strategic reserve, would bring a temporary benefit at best.
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President Bush yesterday announced some small steps like suspending purchases for the strategic reserve and encouraging the purchase of hybrid cars.
Somehow, though, they overlooked the Strategic Reserve led by a certain Maj.
Most analysts thought the Strategic Reserve was on the cusp of release.
Djadja Suparman, former head of the army strategic reserve (Kostrad).
The Department of Health also holds a strategic reserve of about 400, 000 doses as an "insurance policy" in case there are problems with supply and manufacturers have no vaccine supplies available to order.
The requirement to perform two such operations in an overlapping time frame, while maintaining other critical deployment and retain a strategic reserve would strain a force of this size and character, perhaps to the breaking point.
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Although the instinct to husband the resource is understandable given past and recent geopolitical volatility, foregoing significant exports is both unnecessary and ultimately would undermine the very energy security objectives sought by advocates of a large strategic reserve.
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"I have said and, in fact, supported a congressional resolution that said we should suspend putting more oil into the strategic oil reserve, but the strategic oil reserve I think has to be reserved for a genuine emergency, " he said on July 7.
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve was authorized in 1975 and began receiving crude oil in 1977.
Of this amount 30 million barrels will be released from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
There are reports that the administration is considering releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
That was the kind of long-term disaster that the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is built for.
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Adding fuel to the fire, the U.S. reportedly has no plans to tap its Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
These include the uninterrupted supply of foreign uranium fuel and help in building up a strategic fuel reserve.
Department of Energy is approving loans from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to limit disruptions in crude supplies for refineries.
Yet another idea, to release some oil from America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve, would doubtless help to bring prices down briefly.
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The "get Bush" crowd advocates releasing oil from the strategic petroleum reserve in order to bring market prices back down.
The U.S. will release 30 million barrels of light sweet crude from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve over next 30 days.
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He said he will suspend some environmental rules and may tap into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help cover shortages.
And second, does it lessen the chances of a triggering of the withdrawal of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?
For example, the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve has the ability to supply total U.S. oil import needs for approximately 80 days.
Tapping into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help offset rising oil prices is another way to keep prices stable, albeit short term.
The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve can meet 100 days of U.S. imports.
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And he spoke in a press conference about this, and he has taken questions in the past about the SPRO, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
I'm not going to speculate about any sorts of discussions that may or may not be taking place related to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
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The Strategic Petroleum Reserve could stave off calamity only so long.
And as the President has said repeatedly, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is a tool that will remain on the table as part of this process.
Several Democratic members of Congress have asked the President to consider releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to keep prices from rising too much.
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