Strategic Petroleum Reserve Created After Arab Oil Embargo

Strategic Petroleum Reserve Created After Arab Oil Embargo

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) has been a controversial part of the energy debate since the first Arab oil embargo. During the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, Arab members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) imposed an embargo against the United States in retaliation for the U.S. decision to re-supply…

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Alex Mills is the former President of the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers. The Alliance is the largest state oil and gas associations in the nation with more than 3,000 members in 305 cities and 28 states.

 

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