Roundup: Strategic Petroleum Reserve / Invisible AI trail / Verizon’s request declined

US Strategic Petroleum Reserve at Lowest Level Since 1982

The United States’ Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is at its lowest level in more than four decades, remaining below the 300 million barrel threshold. As of Aug. 14, there were 293.4 million barrels of crude oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) inventory, according to data from the Department of Energy (DOE). This is a decline from the previous week and is the lowest level since December 1982, according to data from the Energy Informa…

Roundup: Strategic Petroleum Reserve / Invisible AI trail / Verizon’s request declined

Low level poses risk: The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, stored in underground salt caverns along the Louisiana and Texas Gulf Coast, has fallen below 300 million barrels for the first time since the early 1980s. Experts warn that continued drawdowns could damage the caverns, reduce the SPR’s ability to respond quickly to future emergencies and potentially threaten the integrity of the storage system. The Government Accountability Office has …