39 days is all that is left of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

[Smokin' OP]

You mean when we were energy independent?

The US has never been energy independent.
Or do you mean selling more oil than we consume?
How THAT got to mean energy "independent" is puzzling.

U.S. Energy Independence Soars To Highest Level In Over ...​

Forbes
https://www.forbes.com › sites › rrapier › 2023/05/02
May 2, 2023 — The topic of U.S. energy independence often sparks debate, with many believing that the country achieved this status under President Trump ...

 

[j-mac]

The US has never been energy independent.
Or do you mean selling more oil than we consume?
How THAT got to mean energy "independent" is puzzling.

U.S. Energy Independence Soars To Highest Level In Over ...​

View attachment 843700
Forbes
https://www.forbes.com › sites › rrapier › 2023/05/02
May 2, 2023 — The topic of U.S. energy independence often sparks debate, with many believing that the country achieved this status under President Trump ...

Um, that means we produce more than we use….You just proved my point dummy…

 

[Smokin' OP]

Um, that means we produce more than we use….You just proved my point dummy…

Special Report: Trump told Saudi: Cut oil supply or lose ...​

View attachment 843683
Reuters
https://www.reuters.com › article › special-report-trum...
Apr 30, 2020 — WASHINGTON/LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) - As the United States pressed Saudi Arabia to end its oil price war with Russia, President Donald Trump ...

Oil Nations, Prodded by Trump, Reach Deal to Slash ...​

View attachment 843684
The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com › ... › Energy & Environment
Nov 16, 2020 — The deal will reduce output by 9.7 million barrels a day. While significant, the cut falls far short of what is needed to bring oil production ...

"You mean when we were energy independent'?
'WHEN'?
You claim it like the US has stopped being energy independent.

U.S. Energy Independence Soars To Highest Level In Over ...​

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapie...nce-soars-to-highest-levels-in-over-70-years/
View attachment 843700
Forbes
https://www.forbes.com › sites › rrapier › 2023/05/02
May 2, 2023 — The topic of U.S. energy independence often sparks debate, with many believing that the country achieved this status under President Trump ...

Under that definition we still are "energy independent".

 

[Moonglow]

So what's the p[problem?

 

[j-mac]

"You mean when we were energy independent'?
'WHEN'?
You claim it like the US has stopped being energy independent.

U.S. Energy Independence Soars To Highest Level In Over ...​

U.S. Energy Independence Soars To Highest Level In Over 70 Years
View attachment 843700
Forbes
https://www.forbes.com › sites › rrapier › 2023/05/02
May 2, 2023 — The topic of U.S. energy independence often sparks debate, with many believing that the country achieved this status under President Trump ...

Under that definition we still are "energy independent".

Twisting yourself into a pretzel doesn’t help your propaganda…

 

[Smokin' OP]

Twisting yourself into a pretzel doesn’t help your propaganda…

Projection doesn't help yours.
Then again that's all teabaggers have is projection propaganda, just like their dear leader.

 

[surada]

Biden ordered the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to send in Last July 2022, in a sale of 39 million barrels from the SPR that was part of the 180 million-barrel release, 1 million barrels went to UNIPEC America, a Houston-based arm of China's Sinopec. Owned by CCP.

Senate backs measure barring oil sales to China from Strategic Petroleum Reserve

The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed an amendment to an annual defense bill on Thursday that would ban exports to China of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

www.reuters.com

The United States consumes about 20 million barrels of oil per day, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. As of 2021, the U.S. produces about 11 million barrels per day.

How Much Oil Does the United States Use Each Day? | Green Gables Restaurant

The United States is one of the world’s largest consumers of oil. Every day, millions of gallons of oil are used to power our cars, heat our homes, and provide energy for factories and power plants. But just how much oil does the United States use each day? In this article, we’ll look at the

greengablespa.com

US Crude Oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Stocks

YCharts - Financial Research and Proposal Platform › indicators › us_ending_stocks_of...
US Crude Oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Stocks is at a current level of 351.28M, up from 350.98M last week and down from 422.58M one year ago.
So if the USA has to use 9 million barrels a day from the SPR that means just 39 days supply left.

What happens when US runs out of oil?
All public transport, including planes, trains and buses, would come to a grinding halt. Industry is would be hit very hard; millions would lose their jobs. Food production would also suffer on an incredible scale and hundreds of millions would starve to death as a result.

What Would Happen if Oil Runs Out?

It’s a fairly established and agreed-upon fact that our oil supplies are dwindling. Ever since man first drilled into the Earth and extracted the black gold, upon which all of our industrial adva...

www.petro-online.com

I have told you this a dozen times. You don't listen.

 

[BlindBoo]

All of you idiots like Candycorn totally misread the title! The point was that If dumb ass president were to have to use the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to make up the shortage that the USA's OWN production current rate, then that would last just 39 days! Do you dummies understand that?
That would NOT be Candycorn, 11/18/23! Dummy! The statement is simple!
If the 9 million a day that doesn't come from the USA production was stopped!!! No more 9 million barrels a day of foreign oil coming in... the dumb president than authorizes the SPR to be used, then 9 million barrels a day would last the USA 39 days! GEEZ you people certainly are dumb!

Faulty math. Our oil defecit is averaging 2.7 mbd. Our surplus in other petroluem products such LNG and refined products is over 4 mbd. In fact, we have been a net exporter of energy (Energy Independent) for the past 18 months in a row.

4-Week Avg U.S. Net Imports of Crude Oil and Petroleum Products (Thousand Barrels per Day)

www.eia.gov

 

[BlindBoo]

GEEZ!!!! If there is no more 9 million barrels of oil/day coming from foreign countries and
the president orders the depletion of 9 million barrels of oil/day because there is no oil coming from foreign providers.... DUH the current amount of SPR oil reserve is:
October 06, 2023 351.27M

US Crude Oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Stocks Weekly Trends: Weekly Petroleum Status | YCharts

In depth view into US Crude Oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Stocks including historical data from 1982 to 2024, charts and stats.

ycharts.com

So for simple math which evidently some of you can't do...
351,270,000 barrels of oil divided by 9,000,000 shortage per day or 39 days!!!
GEEZ....

Our deficit of crude oil in not 9 mbd. For example we imported 6.9 mbd (last week of Sept.). However we exported 4.3 mbd. Giving us a deficit of just 2.6 mbd. No need to tap the reserve for our daily needs.

U.S. Imports & Exports

 

[BlindBoo]

The US has never been energy independent.
Or do you mean selling more oil than we consume?
How THAT got to mean energy "independent" is puzzling.

U.S. Energy Independence Soars To Highest Level In Over ...​

View attachment 843700
Forbes
https://www.forbes.com › sites › rrapier › 2023/05/02
May 2, 2023 — The topic of U.S. energy independence often sparks debate, with many believing that the country achieved this status under President Trump ...

We haven't been oil independent since before the Kennedy administration. The formula is total energy produced, LNG, coal and other fossil fuels, - total energy imported.

U.S. Imports & Exports

 

[BlindBoo]

Twisting yourself into a pretzel doesn’t help your propaganda…

What formula do you think they used under Benedict Donald to determine that we were energy independent?

 

[Smokin' OP]

We haven't been oil independent since before the Kennedy administration. The formula is total energy produced, LNG, coal and other fossil fuels, - total energy imported.

U.S. Imports & Exports

Independence is no imports and we export energy products.

 

[Lesh]

We released 180 m bbls

By the math of the idiot above that equals 20 days.

Tell us why this is an issue

 

[BlindBoo]

Independence is no imports and we export energy products.

By that measure we will never be independent. Energy independence is a magical number on paper first devised as a way to praise the Dear Leader Trump. By that same measure under Biden, now we are more energy independent than ever. So the Neo-GOP must either lie about it, or equivocate and say it doesn't really matter because, Saul Biden fault, no matter what.

 

[BlindBoo]

Independence is no imports and we export energy products.

Correction. Total energy exported (not produced) - total energy imported.

My mistake.

 

[healthmyths]

Our deficit of crude oil in not 9 mbd. For example we imported 6.9 mbd (last week of Sept.). However we exported 4.3 mbd. Giving us a deficit of just 2.6 mbd. No need to tap the reserve for our daily needs.

U.S. Imports & Exports

Your numbers are wrong.
The United States consumes about 20 million barrels of oil per day, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. As of 2021, the U.S. produces about 11 million barrels per day.
Fact: Crude oil exports of about 3.60 million b/d

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

www.eia.gov

So in reality though, the fact is this: Even if the USA stops entirely exporting and

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

www.eia.gov

2) Of the 20 mbd, 11 mbd is produced by USA and 4.3 mbd would NOT exported.
3) Still leaves 9 mbd needed... 20 mbd subtract 11 mbd produced by USA equals 9 mbd still needed.
4) OR 9 mbd TAKEN FROM THE SPR!
5) SPR current balance is 351.28 million barrels.
6) Divided by 9 mbd needed per day equals 39 day supply.

 

[BlindBoo]

Your numbers are wrong.
The United States consumes about 20 million barrels of oil per day, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. As of 2021, the U.S. produces about 11 million barrels per day.
Fact: Crude oil exports of about 3.60 million b/d

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

www.eia.gov

So in reality though, the fact is this: Even if the USA stops entirely exporting and

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

www.eia.gov

2) Of the 20 mbd, 11 mbd is produced by USA and 4.3 mbd would NOT exported.
3) Still leaves 9 mbd needed... 20 mbd subtract 11 mbd produced by USA equals 9 mbd still needed.
4) OR 9 mbd TAKEN FROM THE SPR!
5) SPR current balance is 351.28 million barrels.
6) Divided by 9 mbd needed per day equals 39 day supply.

The statistic I use and linked too came from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The same agency you use and that proclaimed our energy independence under Trump as well as under Biden.

U.S. Imports & Exports

 

[BlindBoo]

The United States consumes about 20 million barrels of oil per day, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

You're conflating crude oil with petroleum. From your link:

EIA’s data for 2022 indicates that U.S. total petroleum production averaged about 20.079 million barrels per day (b/d), which included:

• crude oil—11.911 million b/d
• hydrocarbon gas liquids—5.933 million b/d
• biofuels and oxygenates net production—1.203 million b/d
• refinery processing gain—1.032 million b/d

Total U.S. petroleum consumption (reported as product supplied) averaged about 20.010 million b/d in 2022.

 

[Lesh]

Your numbers are wrong.
The United States consumes about 20 million barrels of oil per day, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. As of 2021, the U.S. produces about 11 million barrels per day.
Fact: Crude oil exports of about 3.60 million b/d

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

www.eia.gov

So in reality though, the fact is this: Even if the USA stops entirely exporting and

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

www.eia.gov

2) Of the 20 mbd, 11 mbd is produced by USA and 4.3 mbd would NOT exported.
3) Still leaves 9 mbd needed... 20 mbd subtract 11 mbd produced by USA equals 9 mbd still needed.
4) OR 9 mbd TAKEN FROM THE SPR!
5) SPR current balance is 351.28 million barrels.
6) Divided by 9 mbd needed per day equals 39 day supply.

And had we released Zero oil, we’d have (according to your numbers) 59 days supply.

You see that as a major difference?

 

[healthmyths]

And had we released Zero oil, we’d have (according to your numbers) 59 days supply.

You see that as a major difference?

YUP! And Biden's stupid ban on explorations on Federal Land would have been voided instead of his dumb ass comment...
the Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it would prohibit drilling in 13 million acres of pristine wilderness in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska and cancel all drilling leases in the Arctic National Wildlife

Biden Administration to Bar Drilling on Millions of Acres in Alaska

The administration will cancel oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and set aside more than half of the National Petroleum Reserve.

www.nytimes.com

"I guarantee We Are Going To Get Rid of Fossil Fuels” September 06, 2019, 5:49 PM


PLUS... this would have been accomplished...
In March of 2020, former President Donald Trump wanted to fill up the SPR, and wanted to include in a stimulus package before Congress $3 billion to take advantage of oil prices that had fallen earlier that month. But filling up the SPR to the brim did not happen. Democrats, in their infinite wisdom, removed the $3 billion out of the stimulus package.
BUT instead... this from Biden!