Depleted US oil stash loses potency as Iran war grinds on - Reuters

Depleted US oil stash loses potency as Iran war grinds on - Reuters

Source: Reuters

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The SPR has fallen to 330 million barrels from 650 million pre-2022. Washington drained half the strategic reserve to suppress inflation in an election year, then kept draining it to cover foreign wars. Now the Strait is closed, supply is down 4.3 million barrels per day, and the emergency stash is empty before the emergency arrived.

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