The United States can free the crude oil from the government’s strategic reserves to stop the rise in gasoline prices. On this chapter of the Ministry of Energy, Jennifer Grankhalm reported in an interview with the Financial Times newspaper.
According to her, recently, gasoline prices in the country have greatly increased, and now the average price of gasoline in American refills is now 11.8 dollars per liter – this is the highest figure since 2014.
In addition, Granholm did not exclude and ban on the export of crude oil. “We have not yet used this tool yet, but it exists,” she noted.
Earlier, the Secretary General of the Organization of Oil Exporting Countries (OPEC) Mohammad Barkindo stated that Europe’s attempts to abandon the use of fossil fuels in the energy industry reached hysteria. This is, according to the Secretary General, explains the rapid rise in gas prices in the region.