WASHINGTON, June 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said on Tuesday that he doesn't anticipate an oil supply disruption and U.S consumers wouldn't suffer undue hardships in the event Iran disrupts Gulf oil supplies.

    Bodman told local reporters that the U.S. government would tap its strategic oil reserve in the event of oil disruption because the Bush administration has a plan "if push were to come to shove."

    "We certainly can handle it for a while," he said. "There is the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and we have other approaches."

    Bodman also said that he is convinced oil producers want "to keep the market well supplied. It's in their interest as well as the interest of consumers." Enditem