Didn't he just drain it? He drained it in half. Which is again, Joe Biden turned the Strategic Petroleum Reserve into his own personal political petroleum reserve because the draining, Most of [the Strategic Petroleum Reserve draining] happened 400 million barrels taken out of it in the lead up to the midterms. as a way to try to keep price down. But on the flip side, when he was on the way out the door, he was doing things like through executive orders saying you can't develop more offshore in the Gulf of America. (04:01–04:08)
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Asserts that 400 million barrels were drained from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve before the midterms.
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