Monday, May 20, 2024

DOE has accepted proposals to help refill the SPR at their Big Hill facility for October delivery!

Happy Monday!  Welcome back to another week of ESC’s News Blog!

At this point, you know how we enjoy writing follow-ups to our Blog!  We wrote about the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) having had purchased or have had returned to them approximately four million barrels of oil.  Last week we spoke about another request for them to refill another 3.3 million barrels and the proposal closing was May 14, 2024; they have awarded the contracts. 

Did anyone happen to read the Oil & Gas Journal’s Daily Update Newsletter on May 20, 2024, their article titled, “US signs SPR refill contracts”?  In the article, it speaks about the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced last week it has accepted contracts to refill the SPR for its Big Hill facility in Texas.  The DOE requested proposals for bids to sell them roughly 3.3 million barrels of oil for October delivery, and they have accepted four companies’ submissions which met their requirements.  The crude is being bought for a medium price of $79.38/bbl.  The SPR is being refilled for a fair price in a reasonable amount of time which is the DOE’s Office of Petroleum Reserves’ strategy.  If you would like to read more of Oil and Gas Journal’s article, please click the link:   US signs SPR refill contracts | Oil & Gas Journal (ogj.com).

If you would like to read about the SPR’s Sale and Exchange Program, please click the link: SPR Sales and Exchanges | Department of Energy.

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