U.S. Department of Energy opens oil reserve for Georgia
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008Turns out Gov. Sonny Perdue’s got some pull up in Washington, D.C.
Per the governor’s request, the U.S. Department of Energy says it’ll open the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in the Gulf of Mexico to help ease Georgia’s gas shortage.
“Today the Department approved an additional release of up to 900,000 barrels of crude oil from the SPR for two refiners that have not been able to obtain adequate supplies due to the ongoing disruptions,” Secretary Samuel Bodman wrote to Perdue. “With this additional release, the total amount provided from the SPR to refineries will be approximately 5.7 million barrels since September 3, 2008.”
The state Department of Revenue has also granted waivers to out-of-state haulers without a Georgia motor-fuel licenses to deliver gasoline into the state. Diesel goes first to first responders, school systems experiencing low supplies, and agriculture centers.
