Australia to rely on US for oil reserves

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Federal Minister for Energy Angus Taylor Source: AAP

The federal government is in talks with the United States to buy access to its oil to boost Australia's reserves in case of an emergency. As a member of the International Energy Agency, Australia is supposed to store enough crude oil and petrol to last 90 days, but it hasn’t met that benchmark since 2012.



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