The US administration is currently attempting to find buyers for the final 40M barrels of a 172M barrel total that was previously authorized for release from the reserves.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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US SPR Inventories Stay at 1982 Low of 283M Barrels
Commodities7 days ago
America's strategic oil reserves saw no change in volume over the past seven days, keeping 186.2M barrels of sour crude and 96.8M barrels of sweet crude in stock. Total inventories stood at 283M barrels, which is the lowest level for the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve since October 1982.
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