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US May Seek World's Emergency Fuel

Feds still gauging disruption to supplies from Gulf hurricanes

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted Sep 17, 2008 3:09 PM CDT

(Newser) – The Bush administration may ask the International Energy Agency to release emergency fuel stocks into the domestic market to cushion losses from hurricane-battered oil refineries, Reuters reports. Gustav and Ike temporarily closed a dozen Gulf Coast refineries, though all are in "reasonably good shape"... Read full story »

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