> United States crude inventories have fallen to approximately 41 days of refinery supply, exposing the country’s thinnest combined commercial and strategic petroleum cushion in four to five decades.> The figure represents an inventory-coverage ratio rather than a countdown to exhaustion, yet it reveals how rapidly geopolitical conflict, emergency releases and export obligations can compress national energy resilience.> The Strategic Petroleum Reserve declined from approximately 415 million barrels around the conflict’s beginning to 293.4 million by August 14, representing a reduction approaching 100–122 million barrels.> Its remaining volume equalled roughly 41 percent of capacity and marked the lowest level since the early 1980s> The reserve also possesses physical operating limits because its ageing salt caverns, wells, pipelines and pumping systems require minimum volumes and carefully controlled pressure to preserve safe extraction.> A conservative operational floor has been placed near 70 million barrels, although industry assessments between 150 million and 300 million suggest rapid-draw capability could deteriorate well before theoretical exhaustion.https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/us-oil-buffer-41-days-hormuz-crisis-strategic-reserve/Don't call it winning, it's been GOLDEN AGE for years!
>>541352269Quick better launch a trade war with our biggest source of heavy crude!
>>541352767Trump and every migger are massive traitors
Meh. Nothing ever happens.
>>541352960Trump won, goyim lost
>>541352269Fake News! America is Energy Independent! We make so much Beautiful Oil that we have to export it to sweaty europeans! Thank you for your attention to this Post!!
