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The US oil reserve is down from 726.6 to 307.7 million barrels

27 Dec 2009 peak: 726.6mb+726.6mb27 Dec 2009 peak14 Oct 2022: 405mb+405mb14 Oct 202231 Dec 2025: 411mb+411mb31 Dec 2025Late Apr 2026: 397.9mb+397.9mbLate Apr 202625 Jun 2026: 336.8mb+336.8mb25 Jun 202624 Jul 2026: 307.7mb+307.7mb24 Jul 2026

Sources: DOE Office of Petroleum Reserves SPR Quick Facts for the 726.6 million barrel peak on 27 Dec 2009, the 411 million barrel year end 2025 figure and 336.8 million on 25 Jun 2026; EIA Today in Energy for 405 million on 14 Oct 2022 and 397.9 million in late April 2026; EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report for 307.7 million on 24 Jul 2026. Authorised capacity is 714 million barrels.

The EIA publishes US crude and product stocks every Wednesday at 10:30 New York time. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve alongside it has fallen from 726.6 million barrels in 2009 to 307.7 million. Government barrels are now part of the supply flow, not background.

726.6 millionSPR peak, Dec 2009
307.7 millionSPR, 24 Jul 2026
404.5 millionCommercial crude
6% belowVersus five year average

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