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SamuelTheThird

(1,632 posts) Thu Jul 16, 2026, 11:52 AM 3 hrs ago

US govt says operational low for crude reserve complex is around 70m bbl

https://www.qcintel.com/article/us-govt-says-operational-low-for-crude-reserve-complex-is-around-70m-bbl-68961.html

This is much lower than estimates of every expert in terms of structural integrity (125 to 150m bbl, some even say 300).

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Trump administration is going to collapse the strategic oil mine (Original Post) SamuelTheThird 3 hrs ago OP

Nationalize US oil fields. It's our oil anyway. OC375 2 hrs ago #1

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1. Nationalize US oil fields. It's our oil anyway.

Thu Jul 16, 2026, 01:03 PM

2 hrs ago

Fill it right back up. That'll fix energy prices too, and set our upcoming administrations up to taper us off oil in a sane manner.