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  • ‘Tank bottom’: Oil industry warning Trump administration that drained inventories threaten to spike gasoline prices

    06/04/2026 9:50:35 AM PDT · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 100 replies
    Politico (via MSN) ^ | June 4, 2026 | Ben Lefebvre and James Bikales
    The oil industry is warning the Trump administration that a Hormuz-sized hole in the world’s petroleum market is steadily draining inventories to levels that are likely to send global energy prices surging in the next several weeks, according to four executives. Industry executives have flagged the issue to senior White House officials and Cabinet members in recent weeks as part of the Trump administration’s ongoing dialogue with the U.S. energy industry, the people said. The warnings came as recently as late last month as data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration and other sources began showing that fuel makers were...