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March 17, 2023, 12:39 AM

Top Biden Adviser Says US Won’t Rush to Fill Petroleum Reserve

Courtney McBride

The US is committed to replenishing the Strategic Petroleum Reserve but won’t rush to do so immediately despite the recent decline in oil prices, a top Biden administration official said.

“Why don’t we take this one day at a time,” Special Presidential Coordinator for Global Infrastructure and Energy Security Amos Hochstein said in an interview on Bloomberg Television’s “Balance of Power.”

WATCH: Special Presidential Coordinator for Global Infrastructure and Energy Security Amos Hochstein discusses the effects of the banking crisis on the energy sector.
Source: Bloomberg

“We’ve seen a decline in oil prices, we’re seeing some crunch there,” Hochstein said. “We should take a deep breath and wait and see how this crisis right now impacts the oil and gas industry, production and what ...