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Wartime Energy Shock: Why G7 Cracked Open 100 Million Barrels Of Emergency Fuel Reserve

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  • G7 nations opened 100 million barrels of emergency fuel reserves amid the wartime energy shock
  • Reserve releases may ease crude-price pressure on Indian refiners and fuel retailers

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Diesel export-ban threat and G7 reserve release

Amid supply disruptions linked to wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, Trump threatened to ban US diesel exports unless European allies released reserves; a ban could remove about 1.2 million barrels a day from global supply. The G7 agreed to release 100 million barrels of oil and fuel over four months, including frontloaded diesel supplies.

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