Bloomberg | US taps more oil from emergency stockpile as Harvey pressures petrol prices Financial Times The US government has more than quadrupled the amount of crude oil approved for release from an emergency stockpile as retail petrol prices surge in the aftermath of tropical Harvey. Up to 4.5m barrels of crude oil may now be distributed from the ... UPDATE 1-US energy secretary approves release of more oil from reserve US More Than Triples Release From Strategic Oil Reserve Latest Look At Oil Refineries Shut Because Of Harvey |