baddog Posted November 24, 2021 Report Share Posted November 24, 2021 Seems easier to keep our own production like it was under Trump and stop shutting down our pipelines. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is an emergency stockpile of This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up maintained by the This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up (DOE). It is the largest known emergency supply in the world, and its underground tanks in This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up and This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up have capacity for 714 million barrels (113,500,000 m3). This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up The United States started the petroleum reserve in 1975 after oil supplies were interrupted during the This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , to mitigate future supply disruptions. The current inventory is displayed on the SPR's website. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up As of September 4, 2021, the inventory was 621.3 million barrels (98,780,000 m3). This equates to about 31 days of oil at 2019 daily U.S. consumption levels of 20.54 million barrels per day (3,266,000 m3/d) This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up or 65 days of oil at 2019 daily U.S. import levels of 9.141 million barrels per day (1,453,300 m3/d). This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up However, the maximum total withdrawal capability from the SPR is only 4.4 million barrels per day (700,000 m3/d), so it would take about 145 days to use the entire inventory. At recent market prices ($58 a This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up as of March 2021), This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up the SPR holds over $14.6 billion in This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up and approximately $18.3 billion in This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up (assuming a $15/barrel discount for sulfur content). In 2012, the total value of the crude in the SPR was approximately $43.5 billion, while the price paid for the oil was $20.1 billion (an average of $28.42 per barrel). This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unwoke Posted November 24, 2021 Report Share Posted November 24, 2021 45 minutes ago, LumRaiderFan said: Never underestimate the democrats. This guy has no regard for this country. I sure miss Trump. What a evil treasonous embarrassment excuse of a Fake Administration! This is what happens when the will of the American people is stolen! LumRaiderFan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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