。根据能源部数据，9月下旬美国战略石油储备的原油库存降至2.838亿桶，为1982年10月以来的最低水平。
U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Drops to 283.8 Million Barrels, Lowest Level Since 1982 Crude oil stocks in the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve fell to 283.8 million barrels in late September, marking their lowest level since October 1982, according to Department of Energy data.
此次下降源于特朗普总统于3月授权释放1.72亿桶，作为国际能源署协调释放4亿桶的一部分，以应对持续的霍尔木兹海峡供应中断。
The decline follows a 172-million-barrel drawdown authorized by President Trump in March as part of a coordinated 400-million-barrel International Energy Agency release to counter ongoing Strait of Hormuz supply disruptions.
目前储备量正在考验2.5亿至3亿桶的运营最低限度（高效加工所需），并接近联邦法律规定的2.524亿桶底线。
Current reserve volumes are now testing the 250 to 300 million-barrel operational minimum required for efficient processing, approaching the federal legal floor of 252.4 million barrels.
约1.33亿桶的释放以交换协议形式与壳牌、维多和陶氏达成，这些公司必须从明年初开始每借入1桶归还1.25桶。
Approximately 133 million barrels of the release are structured as exchange agreements with Shell, Vitol, and Trafigura, who must return 1.25 barrels for every barrel borrowed beginning early next year.