Trump Authorizes Strategic Reserve Refill as Oil Prices Dip

[Elderberry]

Legal Insurrection by Leslie Eastman 10/23/2025

Reports indicate that supplies are exceeding demand, which is a good sign for those of us who appreciate inexpensive and efficient fuel sources.

It has been about six months since we last wrote about the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).

When President Donald Trump issued an executive order declaring a “national energy emergency,”’ he directed the Department of Energy (DOE) to prioritize refilling the SPR to its full capacity, which is approximately 714 million barrels.

At the time, the reserve held around 394 million barrels-about 55% of capacity-after historic drawdowns during the Biden administration. As a reminder, in April 2024, the Biden administration refused to purchase oil to refill its reserves.
Initially, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright estimated it would take $20 billion and years to accomplish Trump’s goal of refilling the reserve to its maximum capacity.

Progress is beginning to be made in the wake of falling crude oil prices. Plans are being made to purchase 1 million barrels for the SPR.

More: https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/trump-authorizes-strategic-reserve-refill-as-oil-prices-dip/

[MajorClay]

Yes

[libertybele]

Smart .... winning!

[Wingnut]

bout time.   Fill baby fill.

[rangerrebew]

Trump admin planning to refill depleted petrol reserve Biden drained
By
Audrey Streb
|
October 25th, 2025
 
The Department of Energy (DOE) is planning to purchase one million barrels of oil to help restock the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) after the Biden administration drained the reserve and once passed on replenishing it due to high prices, the agency announced Tuesday.

The DOE announced Tuesday that it is seeking to take advantage of lower oil prices by planning December and January deliveries using funds allocated for the SPR under the Working Families Tax Cut. Though former President Joe Biden moved to restock the reserve near the end of his term, his administration saw the SPR fall to its lowest level since 1983, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

“After the previous administration recklessly drained the SPR for political purposes, President Trump promised to refill and manage this national security asset more responsibly,” DOE Secretary Christopher Wright said in a statement Tuesday. “Thanks to the President and Congress, we are able to begin the process of refilling the SPR. While this process won’t be complete overnight, these actions are an important step in strengthening our energy security and reversing the costly and irresponsible energy policies of the last administration.”

https://www.cfact.org/2025/10/25/trump-admin-planning-to-refill-depleted-petrol-reserve-biden-drained/

[rangerrebew]

Democrats will now feel entitled to drain the reserve when there is a democrat president if republicans will fix the disastrous economy democrats create.

[MOD7]

Merged.

[Hoodat]

U.S. Ending Stocks of Crude Oil in SPR (Thousand Barrels)

////////	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	634,967	634,967	634,967	637,826	648,326	656,023	656,140	647,530	642,186	638,556	638,085	638,086
2021	638,085	637,773	637,774	633,428	627,585	621,304	621,302	621,302	617,768	610,646	601,467	593,682
2022	588,317	578,872	566,061	547,866	523,109	493,324	468,006	445,057	416,393	398,569	388,419	372,030
2023	371,579	371,579	371,175	363,723	354,366	347,158	347,454	350,330	351,274	351,274	351,911	354,684
2024	358,013	360,958	363,934	366,917	370,167	373,072	375,433	379,656	382,930	387,218	391,800	393,568
2025	395,064	395,313	396,710	399,121	402,059	403,003	402,976

https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&s=mcsstus1&f=m



Biden sold over $20 billion of our strategic reserve.  There is no accounting of where that money went.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Trump is all mixed up on filling the strategic reserve that will results in increased oil prices while buying Argentine beef to reduce beef prices.

He needs to explain this further.

[Smokin Joe]

Democrats will now feel entitled to drain the reserve when there is a democrat president if republicans will fix the disastrous economy democrats create.

During the Biden Administration, some 266,000,000 barrels of oil were removed from the SPR taking it to a 40 year low. Trump could add a million barrels a day for over eight months and it would be just getting back to even.