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US oil reserve hits 44-year-low amid Iran war, global energy shortage

The reserve fell below the operational minimum as U.S. officials used releases to offset war-related supply disruptions and refinery tightness, DOE data showed.

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The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve has dropped to its lowest level since 1982, Department of Energy data this week showed, revealing the continued drawdown of emergency oil as the nation weathers a global energy shortage.

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The oil stocks fell to 4.45 million barrels, to 424,460 million, in the week closed last Friday (28), reported the Department of Energy (DoE) of the United States, recently. The result represented a larger drop than expected by a group of analysts, which was 300 thousand. The gasoline stocks fell to 1,173 million barrels last week, to 205,669 million barrels, before expecting a fall of 1.7 million. Distillate stocks rose to 104,187 million barre…

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The US oil reserve continues to shrink. Trump encounters legal and technical limits when additional approvals are made, while Venezuela's oil can hardly help in the short term.

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