{"id":70127,"date":"2026-03-13T20:22:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T20:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/planned-release-of-strategic-reserve-would-put-u-s-supplies-at-lowest-levels-in-44-years\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T20:22:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T20:22:47","slug":"planned-release-of-strategic-reserve-would-put-u-s-supplies-at-lowest-levels-in-44-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/planned-release-of-strategic-reserve-would-put-u-s-supplies-at-lowest-levels-in-44-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned release of strategic reserve would put U.S. supplies at lowest levels in 44 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>The Trump administration <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-oil-strategic-petroleum-reserve-iran-war\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">ordered the release of 172 million barrels of oil<\/a><\/span> from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve this week, making it the second-largest release from the reserve in its history after former President Joe Biden&#8217;s 2022 withdrawal of 180 million barrels.<\/p>\n<p>The move was meant to stem oil prices, which hovered over $100 a barrel Friday amid the war with Iran.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"min-height:339px\" id=\"datawrapper-vis-BFA9w\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/BFA9w\/full.png\" alt=\"U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve supply (Small multiple column chart)\"\/><\/div>\n<p><amp-iframe width=\"100\" height=\"100\" layout=\"responsive\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin\" resizable=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/BFA9w\/1\/\"><br \/>\n<\/amp-iframe><\/div>\n<p>The release of oil, which will start next week and roll out over 120 days, would bring the nation&#8217;s oil reserves to roughly 243 million barrels, down 41% from its current 415 million barrels. That would leave the strategic stockpile at its lowest levels since 1982, according to a CBS News analysis of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/dnav\/pet\/hist\/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&amp;s=WCSSTUS1&amp;f=W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">data from the Department of Energy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The last major drawdown of oil reserves occurred in March of 2022, when Biden ordered <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/biden-speech-today-update-gas-prices\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">the release of 180 million barrels<\/a><\/span> to combat rising gas prices caused by the war in Ukraine. His administration previously released 50 million barrels in 2021.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"min-height:518px\" id=\"datawrapper-vis-5Uklz\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/5Uklz\/full.png\" alt=\"SPR releases over time (Stacked column chart)\"\/><\/div>\n<p><amp-iframe width=\"100\" height=\"100\" layout=\"responsive\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin\" resizable=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/5Uklz\/1\/\"><br \/>\n<\/amp-iframe><\/div>\n<p>The average price of a gallon of gas in the U.S. was about $4.23 a gallon in March of 2022, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">data from AAA<\/a>. The organization puts current average gas prices at $3.63, up 22% from $2.98 before the start of the Iran conflict.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The United States has arranged to more than replace these strategic reserves with approximately 200 million barrels within the next year,&#8221; U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/articles\/united-states-release-172-million-barrels-oil-strategic-petroleum-reserve\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said in a statement<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The SPR was created in 1975 under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act in response to the 1970s energy crisis. The first sale was a test sale of 5 million barrels in 1985, and again in 1990, when President George H.W. Bush sold 5 million barrels to test the readiness of the reserve.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, the U.S. withdrew 32 million barrels in 2021 to combat disruptions caused by the pandemic. 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