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two weeks ago so why now? reporter: well, ana, the white house is trying to show that they are trying to get a check on these rising energy prices, especially as that thanksgiving holiday is approaching, and that is why president biden today has announced the release of 50 million barrels of oil from the nation s stockpile. even if that release may be limited, the impact of it in the short term. now, it s not just the u.s. that is doing this. they have also coordinated with china, india, the uk, south korea and japan. five countries overall, to try to drive down the oil and gas prices across the global spectrum, but take a listen to one of the president s top economic advisers talking about the impact of this. we believe that it will last until the oil market kind of comes down on its own, and so as i mentioned we re already seeing some price effects. that s because this is a coordinated effort with numerous
help the american consumer get through the period where production isn t quite up to demand. so 50 million barrels includes 32 million of exchange, that is barrels that will come out of the reserve now, go back in later, and 18 million barrels that were already scheduled to go out from the reserve. and that s the amount that we think would be useful to help middle class consumers get through this period of elevated prices, helping to already push down oil prices and we re going to see that at the pump soon as well. so how much relief will this bring and how long will it last? we believe that it will last until the oil market comes down on its own. and so as i mentioned, we re already seeing some price effects, that s because this is a coordinated effort with numerous other countries, japan, south korea, china, india, the uk. so it is a pretty powerful punch. and once that gets out there, we