美国能源部周五表示，美国已发出征求方案的请求，计划从国家战略石油储备中交换最多1700万桶原油。
The United States has issued a request for proposal for an exchange of up to 17 million barrels of crude oil from the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the Department of Energy said on Friday.
此次交换是美国3月份达成的一项全球协议的一部分，旨在应对伊朗战争导致的燃料价格波动。当时华盛顿同意作为与国际能源署约30个国家更广泛协议的一部分，向战略石油储备贷款1.72亿桶石油，以促成全球储备释放4亿桶石油。
The exchange would be part of a global deal the US struck in March to try to control fuel prices impacted by the war on Iran. Washington agreed then to loan 172 million barrels of oil from the SPR as part of a wider deal with about 30 countries in the International Energy Agency to release 400 million barrels from reserves around the world.
美国此前曾在6月提出提供3月协议中的最后一批石油贷款。但当月晚些时候，美国透露，由于公司需以返还战略石油储备的额外原油形式支付最高达24%的溢价，仅有约50万桶石油的贷款获得同意。
The US had previously offered to loan the last batch from the March deal in June. But the US revealed later that month that companies, required to pay premiums of up to 24% in the form of extra barrels of crude returned to the SPR, only agreed to borrow about 500,000 barrels.