IEA to release record 400M barrels of oil from strategic reserves
"The oil market challenges we are facing are unprecedented in scale," IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said Wednesday.
The Paris-based organization said it will make 400 million barrels of oil available from its members’ emergency reserves.
"The oil market challenges we are facing are unprecedented in scale," IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said Wednesday.
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The International Energy Agency will release 400 million barrels of oil from reserves as governments try contain energy prices driven higher by the war with Iran. IEA Director Faith Birol made the announcement in Paris. (Source: Bloomberg)
A cohort of developed nations agreed to release a record amount of emergency oil reserves Wednesday amid the impact that the U.S. attacks against Iran have had on the oil market.
The planned release by members of the International Energy Agency is the largest such coordinated action on record.