Week ending 22nd May 2026
THE PRINT
The US pulled a whopping 9.92 MMbbl from the SPR last week, an all-time weekly record and the second set in as many weeks. Add the 7.86 MMbbl commercial crude draw and the country emptied close to 17.8 MMbbl of its crude buffer in seven days, while still exporting 5.49 MMbpd. This is not organic tightness. It is Washin…