Friday, March 13, 2026

US Will Release 172 Million Barrels of Oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve

President Donald Trump has authorized the United States to release 172 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve beginning next week, the Energy Department said in a statement Wednesday.

Posted by REDIAL at 11:32 AM | 13 COMMENTS | permalink

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TIL Trump didn't bother to refill the strategic petroleum reserve last year when oil was dirt cheap. what can you even say www.ft.com/content/d546 ...

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-- ryan cooper (@ryanlcooper.com) Mar 10, 2026 at 9:42 AM

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... o release 172 million barrels of oil ...

So, eight or nine days of oil that would have traversed the Strait of Hormuz.

That's good. (tactic)

But not a solution. (strategy)


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-11 11:12 PM

But not a solution. (strategy)

Well the solution was to purchase more oil for the SPR. But for some reason Democrats didn't want to do that, also Biden emptied it.

The Trump administration's plan to top off the Strategic Petroleum Reserve ran into a blockade Wednesday after lawmakers excluded $3 billion in funding for oil purchases from the massive stimulus package before Congress.
Senate Democrats took credit for stripping out that money from the Senate bill, unveiled Wednesday, calling it a "bailout" for the oil industry.
https://rollcall.com/2020/03/25/oil-purchase-to-fill-strategic-reserve-dropped-from-stimulus/

Was it really a bailout? Does it seem like bailout now??


Really seems like Elite democrats here were "bailing out" fraud across the country, but not national security interests.

Wonder why?

#2 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-03-11 11:40 PM

Well the solution was to purchase more oil for the SPR.

But, TACO.

#3 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-03-11 11:46 PM

Womp womp.

#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-11 11:48 PM

Onetirednut is a bore.

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-03-12 02:01 AM

Onetirednut is a bore.

What, you don't find his meaningless charts fascinating?

#6 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-03-12 02:06 AM

Was it really a bailout? Does it seem like bailout now??

#2 | Posted by oneironaut

Yep.

We could have like...I don't....maybe... NOT BOMBED IRAN FOR NO REASON.

Idiot.

#7 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-03-12 10:27 AM

Wait I thought this was a giant loser move that only dementia addled Biden would do for political reasons ...

#8 | Posted by jpw at 2026-03-12 01:10 PM

Draining the reserve is just another brilliant move to cripple America.

#9 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-12 01:15 PM

The most incompetent administration in history continues being incompetent.

Good job GOP. You built this clusterfrack.

#10 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-03-13 07:25 AM

Well the solution was to purchase more oil for the SPR. But for some reason Democrats didn't want to do that, also Biden emptied it.

The Trump administration's plan to top off the Strategic Petroleum Reserve ran into a blockade Wednesday after lawmakers excluded $3 billion in funding for oil purchases from the massive stimulus package before Congress.
Senate Democrats took credit for stripping out that money from the Senate bill, unveiled Wednesday, calling it a "bailout" for the oil industry.
rollcall.com

#2 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-03-11 11:40 PM | Reply | Funny: 2

You're laughing.
Someone tells you the truth, and you're laughing...

#11 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-03-13 02:07 PM

Someone tells you the truth

Is that "truth" in the room with you now?

Is it whispering sweet nothings to you?

#12 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-13 02:14 PM

"The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is meant for war, for real problems. It's not meant to keep a price down for an automobile." - Donald Trump 2023

"We'll reduce it a little bit, and that brings the prices down." - Donald Trump 2026

MAGATS love hypocrisy nearly as much as they love fraud and protecting pedos.

#13 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-03-13 04:03 PM

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