413M bbl
2025 (latest)
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
million barrels · 1977–2025 · neither direction is "better" · U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review
7M bbl
1977
727M bbl
high · 2009
7M bbl
low · 1977
+5446%
since 1977
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. MSN COSQPUS; publisher annual row (MER YYYY13). Original unit: Million Barrels. Converted only by the declared unit scale. None known; publisher revisions may revise the full history. Breaks: none known; publisher revisions may revise the full history.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://api.eia.gov/v2/total-energy/data/?frequency=annual&data%5B0%5D=value&facets%5Bmsn%5D%5B%5D=COSQPUS&length=5000&sort%5B0%5D%5Bcolumn%5D=period&sort%5B0%5D%5Bdirection%5D=asc
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Energy-And-Environment
Data
| Year | Strategic Petroleum Reserve | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 413M bbl | +5% |
| 2024 | 394M bbl | +11% |
| 2023 | 355M bbl | −5% |
| 2022 | 372M bbl | −37% |
| 2021 | 594M bbl | −7% |
| 2020 | 638M bbl | +0% |
| 2019 | 635M bbl | −2% |
| 2018 | 649M bbl | −2% |
| 2017 | 663M bbl | −5% |
| 2016 | 695M bbl | −0% |
| 2015 | 695M bbl | +1% |
| 2014 | 691M bbl | −1% |
| 2013 | 696M bbl | +0% |
| 2012 | 695M bbl | −0% |
| 2011 | 696M bbl | −4% |
| 2010 | 727M bbl | −0% |
| 2009 | 727M bbl | +4% |
| 2008 | 702M bbl | +1% |
| 2007 | 697M bbl | +1% |
| 2006 | 689M bbl | +1% |
| 2005 | 685M bbl | +1% |
| 2004 | 676M bbl | +6% |
| 2003 | 638M bbl | +7% |
| 2002 | 599M bbl | +9% |
| 2001 | 550M bbl | +2% |
| 2000 | 541M bbl | −5% |
| 1999 | 567M bbl | −1% |
| 1998 | 571M bbl | +1% |
| 1997 | 563M bbl | −0% |
| 1996 | 566M bbl | −4% |
| 1995 | 592M bbl | −0% |
| 1994 | 592M bbl | +1% |
| 1993 | 587M bbl | +2% |
| 1992 | 575M bbl | +1% |
| 1991 | 569M bbl | −3% |
| 1990 | 586M bbl | +1% |
| 1989 | 580M bbl | +4% |
| 1988 | 560M bbl | +3% |
| 1987 | 541M bbl | +6% |
| 1986 | 512M bbl | +4% |
| 1985 | 493M bbl | +10% |
| 1984 | 451M bbl | +19% |
| 1983 | 379M bbl | +29% |
| 1982 | 294M bbl | +28% |
| 1981 | 230M bbl | +114% |
| 1980 | 108M bbl | +18% |
| 1979 | 91M bbl | +36% |
| 1978 | 67M bbl | +797% |
| 1977 | 7M bbl | — |
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