Happy Monday and welcome back to another week of ESC News Blog! We hope you had a fun and relaxing weekend!
At this point,
you know how we enjoy writing follow-ups for our Blog, and we did promise to
keep you informed in our last SPR blog due to the RFP closed September 4th! We wrote about the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) having
purchased or have had returned to them more than 50 million barrels of oil, and
they have lined up purchasing agreements for another approximately 9 million
barrels to be delivered this fall to Big Hill SPR and lined up 4.65 million
barrels for Bayou Choctaw for delivery by the end of the year, and lined up
approximately 1.1 MMB for Bryan Mound for delivery the first three months of
2025 for a total of approximately 2.4 MMB. The Department of Energy’s Office of SPR
announced they have a new purchase agreement.
Did anyone
happen to read the DOE’s CESER Updates Newsletter for the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve on September 9, 2024, their update included, “The New
Purchase of more than 3.4 Million Barrels Showcases the Biden-Harris
Administration’s Continued Commitment to Replenish the SPR at a Good Price,
Maintain the SPR’s Operational Readiness, and Protect the Nation’s Energy
Security”? In the DOE’s updates, the Office
of Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) have announced the recipient who was given
a contract for the August 26, 2024, Request for Proposal (RFP) issued by them
for delivery at Bryan Mound for the first three months of 2025 for over a million
barrels a month for a total of approximately 3.42 MMB. There were 18 offers for the August 26, 2024,
RFP and one company’s offer was accepted, and the company was Macquarie Commodities Trading US LLC. The is
the second contract awarded to Macquarie Commodities Trading US LLC in the last
30 days because they were awarded the first version for the RFP for Bryan
Mound. The Office of the SPR now has
lined up the approximately 6 MMB which was the amount they were looking to fill
Bryan Mound. We will keep you informed
on anything we hear from the SPR. If you
would like to read more of the announcement from the DOE’s Office of Strategic
Petroleum Reserves, please click the link: Biden-Harris Administration Strategic Petroleum Reserve Purchases Secures More Than 50 Million Barrels at a Good Deal for American Taxpayers | Department of Energy.
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We hope you have a wonderful evening! Be safe with the
incoming storms heading to the Gulf Coast!
**Disclaimer: Please see the update from CESER for
specifics to the award. **