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427/600 million barrels. So still plenty left...
by psxdude 4y ago
427/600 million barrels. So still plenty left...
- roenxi 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_Strategic_Petroleum_Reserve.webp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_Strategic_Petroleum_Re... Note the gradient, rates and the fact that two thirds full is a return to the state of things in the 80s - it is conceivable that it will be empty next year. Although whether it is likely is a political question.
- kesor 4y agoThis image shows the current inventory in the SPR - https://www.spr.doe.gov/dir/images/img2.jpg https://www.spr.doe.gov/dir/images/img2.jpg You can use the Wayback Machine at archive.org to look at how it looked like in the past. For example, https://web.archive.org/web/202201/https://www.spr.doe.gov/dir/images/img2.jpg https://web.archive.org/web/202201/https://www.spr.doe.gov/d... Note that it is mostly Sour oil that is being moved off the SPR. Because that is the more useful type. So you might consider that 200-250mbbl of Sweet oil in the SPR is less-useful and counting the whole 400+mbbls is like counting apples and oranges together and saying you have X amount of fruit.