minus-squareMrTomS@lemmy.worldtoUnited States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•US to release 172 million barrels of oil from strategic petroleum reservelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoYeah that was in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Russian oil being taken off the market and of course trying to lower the price of gas before the mid terms in '22 linkfedilink
minus-squareMrTomS@lemmy.worldtoUnited States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•US to release 172 million barrels of oil from strategic petroleum reservelinkfedilinkarrow-up14·4 days agoTo put it in perspective that is about 40% of the reserve! linkfedilink
Yeah that was in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Russian oil being taken off the market and of course trying to lower the price of gas before the mid terms in '22