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(FILES) US Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman testifies 03 March, 2005 before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.The United States will release oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help refineries whose operations have been badly hit by Hurricane Katrina, Bodman said 31 August, 2005. The United States keeps about 700 million barrels of oil stored in underground caverns on the Texas and Louisiana coast to cushion oil markets during energy disruptions. According to US government data, Katrina shut down an estimated 95 percent of crude production and 88 percent of natural gas output in the Gulf of Mexico -- which accounts for a quarter of total US oil output.Some 735 oil and natural gas rigs and platforms remained evacuated, according to the federal Minerals Management Service. AFP PHOTO/Luke FRAZZA
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Washington UNITED STATES, 03 mar |
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Luke FRAZZA |
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31 August 2005 |
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