America’s Oil Backstop Is Showing Its Age
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Strategic Oil Reserve Strained by Overuse
“The U.S. is tapping in to its national stocks of crude with abandon. The withdrawals are taking a toll on the strategic reserve system,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Just in the past four years, the Biden and Trump administrations have ordered the largest releases from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve while seeking to tamp down […]
America’s oil backstop is showing its age
The U.S. has relied heavily on its Strategic Petroleum Reserve, in recent years, with the Biden and Trump administrations authorizing a combined release of 352 million barrels of crude oil to help stabilize soaring energy prices, The Wall Street Journal reports. These repeated drawdowns, along with aging infrastructure and years of underinvestment, have placed significant strain on the reserve. Equipment failures, well damage and deterioration o…
US Oil Reserves Held Together With Band-Aids Amid Frequent Withdrawals
Frequent emergency drawdowns and decades of infrastructure decay are pushing the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to its breaking point. Aging salt caverns and failing equipment threaten Washington's ability to stabilize volatile energy markets amid the ongoing U.S.-Iran war.
Crude Stocks in US Strategic Reserve Fall 3 Million Barrels to Lowest Level Since 1983 - Energy News, Top Headlines, Commentaries, Features & Events
(Reuters) – Stocks of crude oil in the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve fell by about 3 million barrels last week to 316.5 million barrels, the lowest level since April 1983, according to data from the Department of Energy. The drawdowns are a part of a U.S. agreement to release 172 million barrels from the facility. ...
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