Refilling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve offers chance to recalibrate its size
Golding, Garrett (2023-10-03)
A series of emergency drawdowns, exchanges and planned sales since 2020 have reduced crude oil inventories held by the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to a 40-year low. Calls to fully refill the SPR in recent months raise important questions.
Dallas Fed Economics

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Why Have a Strategic Petroleum Reserve?
Neely, Christopher J. (2024-03-20)
Calculating the effect of the recent drawdowns from the U.S. SPR is complex and raises the question of what purpose the SPR serves under current conditions.
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Tapping the SPR
Schmidt, Ronald H. (1991)
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China's strategic petroleum reserve: a drop in the bucket
Neely, Christopher J. (2007-01)
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