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Chris Wright: “We hold a little bit of the very light crude we produce from shale … and so we want to keep some variety of crude in…”

On the recordSeptember 4, 2026
We hold a little bit of the very light crude we produce from shale … and so we want to keep some variety of crude in [the SPR], but it’ll be medium grades.
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Chris Wright

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Discussing the types of crude oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

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