🐋 WHALE WATCH : U.S. STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE DROPS TO 40 YEAR LOW The SPR has crashed to -293.4M barrels just 41M barrels above its absolute legal minimum. With Washington projecting drawdowns down to 243M barrels to suppress Middle East supply shocks the U.S. is essentially running its emergency national security buffer on pure fumes. No insurance policy left for the next real shock.(Whale Factor)