About the Office of Petroleum Reserves | Department of Energy

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The Office of Petroleum Reserves (OPR), located in Washington D.C., is the headquarters for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). The OPR has 23 Federal Employees and 10 Contractors that maintain four program offices at the headquarters level. The OPR manages the SPR Project Management Office (PMO) which is located in New Orleans, Louisiana.

OPR Leaders

Barton V. Barnhart

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Petroleum Reserves

Douglas MacIntryre

Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary

Edna Thomas (Acting)

Director, Economic, Finance and Budget Office

Shenee' Turner

Director, Management and Administration Office

Wayne Elias

Director, Planning and Engineering Office

Wayne Elias

Acting Director, Office of Reserve Land Management

Thomas McGarry

Director, Operations and Readiness Office

Paul Oosterling

Project Manager, SPR Project Management Office

OPR and PMO Organizational Chart

OPR and PMO Organizational Chart

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