Congress has pre-authorized SPR sales totaling over 200 million barrels through legislation from 2015-2018 (FAST Act 66M, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 7M, Bipartisan Budget Act 100M), with most sales occurring in 2023-2027, making SPR refill politically impossible regardless of oil price.

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the fixing America's surface Transportation Act of 2015 calls for spr sales totaling 66 million barrels...the tax cuts and jobs Act of 2017 calls for 7 million barrels...the bipartisan budget Act of 2018 calls for the sale of 100 million barrels

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WE049 – Decoding Energy: Power, Politics, and Personal Growth with DoombergWicked Energy
Created: 8/12/2026, 10:29:50 PM

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