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2023-06-06 11:10:42 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 65E8D1C7348255079A8DED04AA068034359744B49D367DEB9AD77B5A3ABF732B
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In 2020, the Department of Energy proposed filling the SPR to its maximum capacity by purchasing 77 million barrels of oil at $24 a barrel. The plan was later scrapped by congress who called it a "bailout" for the oil industry. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/oil-2020-a-different-time https://www.energy.gov/articles/department-energy-executes-direction-president-trump-announces-solicitation-purchase-crude
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