Thursday, October 15, 2026

SPR Update -- October 15, 2026

Locator: 519534SPR.

WTI: up $2.52; up 2.65%; trading at $97.61. WTI is now closer to $100 than $90. Just saying. The integrated oil companies are slipping significantly along with the rest of the market. 

SPR. 

SPR inventory level: 

The reserve is holding steady at 283 million barrels. This is the lowest inventory level since October 1982, driven by a massive 172-million-barrel emergency drawdown launched earlier this year to stabilize markets following global geopolitical conflicts. 
Prior to that, the largest announced release: 
The largest Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) release under President Joe Biden was an announced 180 million barrels of crude oil in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.