Added a higher-resolution version:

Under 300 resolves yes @AIBear

@strutheo https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/10/oil-in-strategic-petroleum-reserve-falls-below-300-million-barrels-lowest-since-1983.html

Oil in U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve falls below 300 million barrels, lowest since 1983

U.S. presidents have increasingly ordered massive releases from the SPR in recent years.

@strutheo The resolution source has not yet updated for the last week, so I will wait for that.

Going below 150 m may not even be possible.

When will it start increasing?

Is there international agreement that major countries have signed, that in principle, all government data obtained through ".gov" websites, must be really badly organised, broken, and fundamentally anti-human to access?

In this comment thread, I'll try to post updates whenever a new datapoint is released. For May 1st (released yesterday) we have 392.7 million barrels

@AIBear May 8th: 384.1 million

@AIBear May 15th: 374.2 million

@AIBear May 22nd: 365.1 million

@AIBear May 29th: 357.1 million

@AIBear June 5th: 349.2 million, (<350 resolves YES)

@AIBear June 12th: 340.3

@AIBear June 19th: 331.2 million

@AIBear June 26th: 325.7 million

@AIBear July 3rd: 319.5 million

@AIBear July 10th: 316.5 million

@AIBear July 17th: 311.4 million

@AIBear July 24th 307.7 million

@AIBear July 31st 304.8 million

@AIBear August 7th 298.7 million

@AIBear August 14th 293.4 million