MARKET WATCH: Crude price falls despite storm threat

Possible release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve outweighed the threat of a hurricane hitting the Louisiana coast, undercutting crude prices Aug. 27 even as workers evacuated offshore facilities and Gulf Coast refineries reduced runs.

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