US Energy Department says it will buy up to 1 mln bbls of sweet crude oil for strategic reserve from small to midsize domestic producers. However, this is far less than the original plan to buy up to 30mln bbls.

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Dept says oil purchase for SPR will serve as a test of conditions of physical crude oil available to the reserve.

Purchase of up to 1 mln bbls of crude for US SPR is far less than the original plan to buy up to 30 mln bbls.