4 Dec 2023 1:04 pm
The point of the SPR is to protect against an interruption of supply....that's not a meaningful threat at this point. It is not in our interest at this time to divert supplies from the market....it's part of the price we are paying to not fight in Ukraine.RedheadedStranger » 04 Dec 2023, 12:54 pm » wrote: ↑ Ease of access after the fact is a possibility.
Oil in it's natural reservoir takes more time and energy to extract and process than oil that just sitting in a storage facility.
Plus, the oil in the SOR is supposed to be for our exclusive use, and not part of the global supply... at least it used to be o thought.