WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) - Contracts have been
awarded for the acquisition of 3.25 million barrels of oil for
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the U.S. Energy Department said
on Wednesday.
ExxonMobil ( XOM ) has a contract for 1.05 million barrels,
Macquarie Commodities Trading for 1.2 million barrels and Sunoco ( SUN )
for 1 million barrels, the department said.