Strategic Petroleum Reserve (United States)

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The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is an emergency stockpile of petroleum maintained by the United States Department of Energy (DOE). It is the largest publicly known emergency supply in the world; its underground tanks in Louisiana and Texas have capacity for 714 million barrels (113,500,000 m3). The United States started the petroleum reserve in 1975 to mitigate future supply disruptions as part of the international Agreement on an International Energy Program, after oil supplies were interrupted during the 1973–1974 oil embargo. The current inventory is displayed on the SPR's website. As of September 4, 2026, the inventory was 285.4 million barrels (45,370,000 m3). This equates to about 14 days' worth of oil at 2026 daily U.S. consumption levels of 20.1 million barrels per day (3,200,000 m3/d) or 42 days' worth of oil at 2026 daily U.S. import levels of 6.8 million barrels per day (1,080,000 m3/d). However, the maximum total withdrawal capability from the SPR is only 2.7 million barrels...

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