{"id":22969,"date":"2026-07-21T13:33:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T08:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22969"},"modified":"2026-07-21T13:33:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T08:33:41","slug":"us-oil-reserves-fall-to-45-year-low-amid-tensions-with-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22969","title":{"rendered":"US Oil Reserves Fall to 45-Year Low Amid Tensions With Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>US crude oil reserves have declined to their lowest level in nearly 45 years amid rising tensions with Iran, raising fresh concerns over the country&#8217;s energy security.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to a Bank of America chart, the United States now holds the equivalent of around 43 days of oil supply, the lowest level recorded since July 1983.<\/p>\n<p>Latest data from the US Energy Information Administration indicates that both commercial crude inventories and the Strategic Petroleum Reserve remain under sustained pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Commercial crude oil stocks stood at approximately 409.7 million barrels as of July 10, around 6 percent below the five-year average.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve fell to 316.5 million barrels by July 18, its lowest level since April 1983.<\/p>\n<p>Combined commercial and strategic crude oil reserves are estimated at around 730.8 million barrels, placing total US inventories among their lowest levels in four decades.<\/p>\n<p>The decline comes as tensions with Iran continue to create uncertainty in global energy markets and increase pressure on international oil prices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US crude oil reserves have declined to their lowest level in nearly 45 years amid rising tensions with Iran, raising fresh concerns over the country&#8217;s energy security. According to a Bank of America chart, the United States now holds the equivalent of around 43 days of oil supply, the lowest level recorded since July 1983. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22970,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,37],"tags":[1596,11885,5132,149,6467,13169,13170,2493,13171],"class_list":["post-22969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-world","tag-crude-oil","tag-energy-security","tag-global-economy","tag-iran","tag-oil-prices","tag-petroleum-reserves","tag-strategic-petroleum-reserve","tag-united-states","tag-us-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22971,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22969\/revisions\/22971"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}