A request by the Obama administration tosell $500 million in crude from the US emer-gency oil stockpile was included in a spend-ing bill released on Wednesday by the HouseAppropriations Committee.The Energy Department has to repair oneof the many underground caverns that holdthe 727 million barrels of oil in the USStrategic Petroleum Reserve. The oil in thedeteriorating cavern must be drained andsold, according to the department.
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