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G7 releases record amount of oil stocks to 'calm the markets down'
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G7 releases record amount of oil stocks to 'calm the markets down'

G7 leaders have announced the record release of 400 million barrels of oil in response to the war in the Middle East. This represents about twenty days worth of usual oil traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, currently through dangerous to go through due to the threat of Iranian strikes. This initiative aims 'to calm markets down', as FRANCE 24's Philip Turle explains.