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US emergency oil reserve falls below 300M barrels for first time since 1980s - The Hill

Published by The Hill By Rachel Frazin · 10 August 2026 at 20:07
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US emergency oil reserve falls below 300M barrels for first time since 1980s - The Hill
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The U.S.’s emergency oil reserve has fallen below 300 million barrels of oil for the first time since it was being filled decades ago. New Energy Department data shows that the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) contained 298.7 million barrels as of Friday. Th…

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