Mission and Vision
The mission of the Office of Petroleum Reserves (OPR) is to protect the United States from severe petroleum supply interruptions through the acquisition, storage, distribution, and management of emergency petroleum stocks, and to carry out the U.S. obligations under the International Energy Program.
OPR Programs
OPR News
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DOE issued a Request for Proposal for an exchange of up to 86 million barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the first tranche of the 172-million-barrel exchange announced as part of the International Energy Agency’s collective release of 400 million barrels of oil.March 13, 2026
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U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright today directed Sable Offshore Corp. to restore operations of the Santa Ynez Unit and Santa Ynez Pipeline System to address supply disruption risks caused by California policies that have left the region and U.S. military forces dependent on foreign oil.March 13, 2026 -
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright released the following statement regarding the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR)March 11, 2026
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The U.S. Department of Energy announced contracts have been awarded for the acquisition of one million barrels of crude oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.November 12, 2025
