WASHINGTON: The US government has agreed to sell crude oil from the nation’s emergency reserve to eight companies including Exxon, Chevron and Valero, under an auction to raise money for the U.S. budget, the Department of Energy said.
The sales were not related to energy disruptions caused by Hurricane Ida that swept the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana, but the timing could still ease some of those supply strains.
The contracts total 20 million barrels of oil to be delivered from Strategic Petroleum Reserve sites in Texas and Louisiana between Oct. 1 and Dec. 15, the department said in a statement dated Sept. 10 that appeared online on Monday.
Contracts went to Atlantic Trading & Marketing Inc, Chevron USA, ExxonMobil Oil Corp, Marathon Petroleum Supply and Trading, Motiva Enterprises, Phillips 66 Co, Unipec America Inc and Valero Marketing and Supply Co, the department said.
Fifteen companies made bids for the oil.
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