Planned release of strategic reserve would put U.S. supplies at lowest levels in 44 years

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Planned release of strategic reserve would put U.S. supplies at lowest levels in 44 years
By Admin
March 16, 2026
12:00 pm
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/planned-release-of-strategic-reserve-would-put-u-s-supplies-at-lowest-levels-in-44-years/?intcid=CNR-01-0623

By Elliott Ramos

The Trump administration ordered the release of 172 million barrels of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve this week, making it the second-largest release from the reserve in its history after former President Joe Biden’s 2022 withdrawal of 180 million barrels.

The move was meant to stem oil prices, which hovered over $100 a barrel Friday amid the war with Iran.

The release of oil, which will start next week and roll out over 120 days, would bring the nation’s oil reserves to roughly 243 million barrels, down 41% from its current 415 million barrels. That would leave the strategic stockpile at its lowest levels since 1982, according to a CBS News analysis of data from the Department of Energy.

The last major drawdown of oil reserves occurred in March of 2022, when Biden ordered the release of 180 million barrels to combat rising gas prices caused by the war in Ukraine. His administration previously released 50 million barrels in 2021.

https://www.climatedepot.com/2026/03/16/planned-release-of-strategic-reserve-would-put-u-s-supplies-at-lowest-levels-in-44-years/

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Because Biden didn't see a need to replace what he took.

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The Strategic Petroleum Reserve was intended to be a National Security to support the Defense-Industrial during a Petro-Emergency; not to be used to get politicians re-elected.

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 Tomb of the Unknown Soldier nears 100 years of military guard 

• March 17, 2026

A guard walks at sunrise at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (Eric Kayne/Stars and Stripes) The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia will reach a milestone of being continuously guarded by service members for 100 years on March 25. The tomb was established in the wake of World War I, when an unknown soldier who died in the war was interred on Nov. 11, 1921, according to a news release by the Army’s 3rd Infantry Regiment. It did not have an assigned military guard until March 25, 1926, after the Army’s deputy chief of staff ordered such a presence over concerns the monument was not properly respected. It was a daytime guard until July 1, 1937, when it became guarded 24 hours a day, seven days a week in all weather conditions.

Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2026-03-17/arlington-cemetery-100th-anniversary-tomb-unknown-21100174.html
Source - Stars and Stripes