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US-OIL-BRYAN MOUND RESERVE/FILES
(FILES) This undated file photo from the US Department of Energy Internet site shows the Bryan Mound storage facility in Brazoria County, Texas. The US government said 29 August, 2005 it could tap into its Strategic Petroleum Reserve if requested by refiners struggling to cope with the massive impact of Hurricane Katrina. As the enormous storm tore through oil facilities in the Gulf of Mexico and reached the Louisiana coast, the Department of Energy said it was closely monitoring the situation. "We are in contact with the oil refineries. We-ve got people on the ground," DoE spokesman Craig Stevens told AFP. The southern state of Louisiana is home to two of the four sites at which the US government stores its Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which is meant to be tapped only in emergencies. Louisiana hosts 17 refineries capable of processing 2.8 million barrels a day. According to the latest data available 27 August, seven of those refineries had halted production because of Katrina. AFP PHOTO/FILES/DOE
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Brazoria UNITED STATES, 21 sep |
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