🎯 US STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE SINKS TO LOWEST LEVEL IN MORE THAN FOUR DECADES 📍 WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 🟨 OUR ASSESSMENT: The stockpile is now approaching levels that make every additional release more consequential than it was a few years ago. Selling oil from the reserve can help address short-term market pressures, but each drawdown reduces the cushion available for an unexpected supply shock. That tradeoff becomes harder to ignore when inventories are already sitting at four-decade lows. The reserve was built to provide flexibility during crises, yet lower volumes mean future policymakers would have fewer barrels available if a major disruption occurred. The practical result is that the value of each remaining barrel has increased, even if oil prices are not currently signaling an emergency. Writer: Brij