Long-Term Strategic Review (LTSR) of the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) Report to Congress
The LTSR is a congressionally-mandated study that provides an overview of the SPR and addresses key challenges that will impact the Reserve’s ability to carry out its energy security mission.
- LTSR Report to Congress - Major topics include: The state of the SPR’s surface and subsurface infrastructure; bottlenecks in the North American midstream infrastructure that impact the SPR’s ability to move oil to the market; costs and benefits of SPR options; SPR modernization requirements for infrastructure life extension; the addition of dedicated marine terminals; issues with the SPR’s authorizing legislation, the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA).
Strategic Petroleum Reserves Reports to Congress
Section 165 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6245), as amended, requires the Secretary of Energy to report annually to the President and the Congress on the activities of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
- Calendar Year 2013 - Highlights include: Emptying and decommissioning a cavern located at the Bayou Choctaw Site in Louisiana; continuation of the Capacity Maintenance Program; Environmental, Safety, and Health awards.
- Calendar Year 2012 - Highlights include: Hurricane Isaac exchange of one million barrels of oil; construction of a new storage cavern at the Bayou Choctaw site completed; Environment, Safety, and Health awards.
- Calendar Year 2011 - Highlights include: Libya Collective Action and drawdown of 30 million barrels of crude oil; cancellation of the SPR expansion to one billion barrels; replacement cavern at the Bayou Choctaw site was acquired.
- Calendar Year 2010 - Highlights include: No crude oil acquisitions as SPR completes fill to 727 million barrel capacity; Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for expansion to one billion barrels completed; plans continue to purchase privately-owned cavern to replace cavern at Bayou Choctaw site experiencing structural problems that pose environmental risk.
- Calendar Year 2009 - Highlights include: The Strategic Petroleum Reserve completed fill during 2009 to it’s 726 million barrel capacity; continued work to finalize Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement initiated in regards to expansion to one million barrels; funds authorized for purchase of existing privately-owned cavern to replace a cavern experiencing structural problems that pose an environmental risk.
Additional Reports Issued by the Office of Petroleum Reserves
- 2014 Test Sale Report to Congress - Section 161 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6245), as amended, requires the Secretary of Energy to provide a detailed explanation of any test of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve drawdown and sales procedures. The Department of Energy carried out such a test starting in March 2014 with completion in July 2014.