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Posted April 30, 2026

DOE has released 17.5 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve since March ›

weekly U.S. strategic petroleum reserve stocks

Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Weekly Petroleum Status Report

Between the week ending March 20 and the week ending April 24, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released a total of 17.5 million barrels of crude oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), according to data in our Weekly Petroleum Status Report. DOE released 7.1 million barrels in the week ending April 24, the most released since the week ending October 7, 2022. SPR stocks are currently 397.9 million barrels.

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