美国能源部释放50万桶战略石油储备原油

据路透社8月31日消息，美国能源部新闻发言人周四在一份公告中表示，能源部将释放50万桶战略石油储备原油来应对热带风暴哈维带来的影响，这是自2012年以来美国首次从战略石油储备中释放原油。

据公告称，此次释放的原油将交付至菲利浦斯66位于路易斯安娜州莱克查尔斯的炼油厂。该炼油厂没有受到风暴的影响。

据公告称，此次释放的原油包括20万桶低硫原油和30万桶含硫原油。建立于1970年代的美国战略石油储备当前储备有6.79亿桶的石油。

张春晓 摘译自 路透社

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US Energy Dept releases 500 Mbbls from strategic reserve

The US Energy Department will release 500 Mbbls of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in response to Tropical Storm Harvey, the first emergency release since 2012, a spokeswoman said in a statement on Thursday.

The release will be delivered to the Phillips 66 refinery in Lake Charles, Louisiana, according to the statement. That refinery has not been affected by the storm, which has hammered the Gulf Coast for several days.

The release includes 200 Mbbls of sweet crude and 300 Mbbls of sour crude oil, according to the statement. The reserve, established in the 1970s, currently contains 679 MMbbls of oil.