52 Quotes by Samuel Bodman

To meet our obligations as a member of the International Energy Agency, the United States will release 30 million barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, ... We will offer the oil for bid.

We should all be proud of what these students have accomplished, ... Through their ingenuity, their knowledge of design and engineering, and an incredible amount of determination and hard work, they have demonstrated that we can have it all beautiful homes, comfortable homes, and homes that produce all the power they need.

As the world's largest producer and as the world's largest consumer, our two countries have a special relationship. We are, at least in certain respects, partners.

The United States is committed to using all of the tools at our disposal to help keep our oil and gasoline markets well supplied, ... This sale ensures that refineries have the petroleum they need to keep gasoline and diesel fuel flowing to American consumers while production facilities in the gulf region regain their capacity. As we move forward, we will continue to monitor the overall supply of petroleum available and the needs of the nation as we determine next steps.

These companies are turning in record profits they have a responsibility to expand,

The situation we are facing is a very different one than we faced in the past ... in the Carter administration, ... This is in response to significant damage that has been done to the country's energy infrastructure.

The SPR was put in place specifically for this kind of an event, ... We now have, in some instances, problems with getting crude to some refineries.

Technically it's called an exchange of oil that we deliver today and that we will get oil back plus some interest, if you will, in the future. We will be tapping that today.

The U.S. welcomes this historic and unanimous decision by member countries of IEA, ... I believe it is an appropriate response to the disruption that is occurring as a result of the hurricane.