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China reportedly taps commercial oil reserves

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Beijing has reportedly authorized state-owned oil majors to tap commercial reserves at refineries and storage facilities. On April 10, Bloomberg, citing anonymous sources, reported that both Sinopec and CNPC had been approved to release reserves.

The move has not been officially confirmed.

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