SPR to be in paper barrelsUnbelievable...
You thought printing money and inflation was bad?
It gets worse!
The way the new rules are now, the DOE is allowed to purchase contract futures for delivery of oil to refill the SPR at or less than $70.
So looking at the WTI calendar strip futures, if the market is pricing WTI around $70 for delivery in mid 2024, the DOE itself could get into the paper market in a big way buying back a few hundred million barrels of crude ON PAPER.
Sleep soundly America. Joe's got you covered.
In case of a real emergency, one even worse than a midterm election, there is no oil.
But he bought this fancy paper oil credit IOU to fight a war with...