The US strategic petroleum reserve (SPR) is an emergency stockpile of crude #oil that is maintained by the Department of Energy (DOE) to reduce the impact of supply disruptions and fulfill international obligations. The SPR has a storage capacity of **714 million barrels** and as of July 21, 2023, it had an inventory of **346.8 million barrels**¹². The SPR is stored in four sites along the Gulf of Mexico, each with a number of artificial caverns created in salt domes below the surface².
The SPR can release oil in case of a severe energy supply interruption, as authorized by the President, or in exchange for more oil from private companies. The SPR has sold oil three times for emergency purposes, most recently in 2011 to offset the disruption caused by the unrest in Libya². The SPR has also run several sales since 2017 to fund federal spending, as mandated by Congress².
In 2023, President Joe Biden announced that his administration would release **1 million barrels of oil per day** from the SPR for **180 days**, selling it at an average price of **$96 per barrel**, to ease the high energy prices and inflation. This was the largest release in the history of the SPR and was coordinated with other major oil-consuming countries². However, after oil prices declined in the second half of the year, the administration announced it would begin replenishing the SPR in early 2023, expecting to purchase oil at a lower price than it was sold².
According to legislation already in place, the amount of oil in the reserve could fall to **238 million barrels** by 2028, which would be a **67% reduction** since 2010². This raises questions about the future role and effectiveness of the SPR as a strategic asset for the US energy security and foreign policy.
If you want to learn more about the SPR, you can visit its official website³ or read some of the web search results I found for you¹². I hope this information was helpful. 😊
Source: Conversation with Bing, 04/09/2023
(1) Strategic Petroleum Reserve | Department of Energy. https://www.energy.gov/ceser/strategic-petroleum-reserve.
(2) Strategic Petroleum Reserve (United States) - Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Petroleum_Reserve_%28United_States%29.
(3) Strategic Petroleum Reserve - United States Department of Energy. https://www.spr.doe.gov/.
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