“We have identified some alternatives and will continue to focus on them,” TASS quoted him as saying.

According to Deese, some actions may affect the US strategic oil reserve.

On October 5, oil producers OPEC + at a meeting agreed to reduce production by 2 million barrels per day from November.

After that, Washington said that US President Joe Biden was disappointed with the decision of OPEC+.

He instructed the US Department of Energy to study the possibility of increasing oil production in the United States.