Some 81.9% of the 30.64 million barrels of crude oil sold from the government's emergency stockpile has been delivered as of Aug. 23, the Energy Department said.

In its latest update of oil movements from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the DOE said 6.24 million barrels of crude was delivered since the previous report, dated Aug. 15, bringing total shipments as of Tuesday to 25.08 million barrels.

The Energy Department also posted a revised delivery schedule, showing 2.2 million barrels of oil which had been set for delivery between Aug. 8 and 21 has been pushed back to the current week. The new schedule shows Aug. 22-28 would be the busiest week for the program, with oil deliveries set at 6.78 million barrels.

On July 12, the government awarded contracts to 15 companies--including major refiners, trading houses and banks--to buy 30.64 million barrels of crude oil in the emergency sale. The sale was part of a coordinated move among consumer nations in the International Energy Agency to place about 60 million barrels in the market to help cover a shortfall in supply caused by the civil war in Libya . In a review of the program, the IEA said July 21 it didn't plan a further release of emergency stocks and urged member countries to wait "until year end or beyond" to rebuild the inventories which they sold.

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