New Economy
Thursday, 7/23, 01:16 AM
What is the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and when does it move oil prices
- The United States keeps hundreds of millions of barrels of crude oil buried in salt caverns along the Gulf Coast, ready to be released if supplies are disrupted.
- The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the world's largest emergency oil stockpile, and a president's decision to tap it, or refill it, can ripple through global crude prices.