Australia Joins IEA in Releasing Oil Reserves to Stabilise Global Markets

Australia Joins IEA in Releasing Oil Reserves to Stabilise Global Markets
FILE PHOTO: A maze of crude oil pipes and valves is pictured during a tour by the Department of Energy at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Freeport, Texas, U.S. June 9, 2016. REUTERS/Richard Carson
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Australia will join 31 members of the International Energy Agency (IEA) to release 60 million barrels of oil from emergency reserves to stabilise global energy markets.

Angus Taylor, the minister for industry and energy, said the global oil market was “showing signs of uncertainty” amidst the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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