US halts new shipments to strategic oil reserve (AFP)

A view of the Bryan Mound storage facility in Texas, one of four Strategic Petroleum Reserve sites in the US. The United States is halting shipments to its strategic oil reserve for the second half of the year after Congress passed a bill calling for the suspension, the Energy Department(DOE) said Friday.(AFP/DOE-HO/File) AFP - The United States is halting shipments to its strategic oil reserve for the second half of the year after Congress passed a bill calling for the suspension, the Energy Department said Friday.