. PETROLEUM : PRICES AND PRICING : PETROLEUM: RESERVES : CONSUMERS : UNITED STATES: GOVERNMENT: Calls Mount to Tap U.S. Oil Reserves Calls Mount to Tap U.S. Oil Reserves By JOHN M. BRODER and CLIFFORD KRAUSS Published: March 3, 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/04/business/energy-environment/04oil.htmlWASHINGTON As oil prices have risen in recent weeks, calls have been growing in Congress for the Obama administration to consider tapping into the nations strategic petroleum reserve, which is now at its full capacity of 727 million barrels.
.Senator Jeff Bingaman, the influential chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, this week added his voice to the chorus, urging President Obama to be prepared to consider a significant sale of oil from the reserve to stabilize prices and temper any disruption in supply.
.Between the lost production in Libya, the crude oil dislocation associated with additional Saudi production and the prospect of further turmoil in the region, Mr. Bingaman, Democrat of New Mexico, said in a floor statement late Wednesday, we are now unquestionably facing a physical oil supply disruption that is at risk of getting worse before it gets better.
.He said that previous sales from the reserve had quickly brought domestic oil prices down and calmed edgy markets.
.Other members have raised similar suggestions, saying that a sale at the current price of nearly $100 a barrel could produce billions of dollars to ease pressures on the federal deficit and accelerate policies intended to reduce oil consumption, like tax incentives for the purchase of electric and hybrid vehicles.
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