MURKOWSKI TO HOLD HEARING ON GOVERNMENT OIL SWAP

The following press release was published by the Senate Committee On Energy & Natural Resources on Oct. 13, 2000. It is reproduced in full below.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Energy Committee Chairman Frank H. Murkowski plans to hold an oversight hearing on the recent Energy Department decision to release 30 million barrels of crude oil from the strategic petroleum reserve and the bid process used to award contracts for the oil. Invited to testify are Energy Secretary Bill Richardson, members of DOE’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve office and the Energy Information Administration. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, 2000 SH-216 Full Committee Hearing DOE decision to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and bidding process

Source: Senate Committee On Energy & Natural Resources