White House Asks Congress for $500 Million to Modernize Oil Reserve

White House Asks Congress for $500 Million to Modernize Oil Reserve
An oil storage tank and crude oil pipeline equipment during a tour by the Department of Energy at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Freeport, Texas on June 9, 2016. Richard Carson/Reuters
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WASHINGTON—The Biden administration has asked Congress for $500 million to modernize the U.S. strategic petroleum reserve (SPR), a document outlining the request shows.

If approved by Congress, the request, issued by the White House on Nov. 15, provides the Department of Energy (DOE) with funding to improve the four SPR sites along the Texas and Louisiana coasts.