US Strategic Oil Reserve Hits Lowest Level Since 1983

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

The U.S. supply of emergency oil has hit its lowest level since 1983, according to newly released federal data.

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The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is down to 340.3 million barrels, according to the data released on Monday. The last time that levels were this low was 1983, when the Reagan administration was filling up the reserve for the first time.

Pedo Pisswig fails again.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-06-15 07:53 PM | Reply

The reserve is at the point where the salt-deposit walls are starting to cave in.

Inside the massive underground salt caves where the U.S. stashes its oil
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-u-s-stockpiles-oil-in-huge-underground-salt-caverns-
heres-why/

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-06-15 08:00 PM | Reply

Thank a pedophile

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-06-15 08:02 PM | Reply

"Inside the massive underground salt caves where the U.S. stashes its oil"

Sounds like Socialism to me.

#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-06-16 07:22 PM | Reply

1983? You mean back when UHMURIKA was great?

#5 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2026-06-16 07:52 PM | Reply

I was just curious...

In 1983...
146. Million drivers

In 2026
242. million Drivers

#6 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2026-06-16 08:00 PM | Reply

Sounds like Socialism to me.

#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-06-16 07:22 PM | Reply

Everything sounds like socialism to you lol, even when it's no less than 3 logical fallacies.

#7 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-06-16 09:02 PM | Reply

Strategic reserves are part of every political system.

#8 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-06-16 09:02 PM | Reply

Well, if Biden hadn't drained half of it, Lewzer wouldn't have drained the rest.

#9 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-06-16 09:51 PM | Reply

When greed rules over rational organization...think Russian revolution, think many different armies run by the most violent and horrid.
As the oil runs out and we pay for our grand stupidity in listening to the global warming deniers by not having the sustainable energy in place, when huge swaths of America are pretty much unlivable...then the Republican Party will abandon the oil barons...and not before is my guess.

#10 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-06-17 06:41 AM | Reply