The Trump administration has initiated the process of releasing the U.S. strategic petroleum reserve

Odaily News: The Trump administration has initiated the process for a large-scale drawdown from the U.S. emergency oil reserves, issuing a solicitation for an exchange of 86 million barrels of crude oil. In a statement on Friday, the Department of Energy stated that, as part of the 172 million barrel release announced on Wednesday, oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is expected to begin flowing to the market by the end of next week.

This petroleum reserve release is expected to take four months to complete and is part of a coordinated 400 million barrel action plan with other nations. Under the exchange terms, companies will return the borrowed oil to the Department of Energy in the future, with an additional quantity of oil paid as a premium.

The Department of Energy indicated earlier this week that the Trump administration has arranged to replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve with approximately 200 million barrels over the next year, which would be 20% more than the amount being released in this action. (Jin10)