Reuters
Asia looks to release oil reserves after U.S. request
Governments from some of the world’s biggest economies said on Thursday they were looking into releasing oil from their strategic reserves, following a rare request from the United States for a coordinated move to cool global energy prices and ahead of a meeting of major oil producing countries. The Biden administration has asked big oil buyers such as India and Japan – as well as China for the first time – to consider releasing stocks of crude, several people familiar with the requests told Reuters on Wednesday. As the world economy rebounds from the pandemic, Washington is frustrated that producers in OPEC+, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies such as Russia, have rebuffed U.S. requests to speed up oil supplies.
