Oil Reserve: Status of Strategic Petroleum Reserve Activities as of September 30, 1986

RCED-87-49 Published: Nov 17, 1986. Publicly Released: Nov 24, 1986.

Highlights

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Department of Energy's (DOE) progress in developing, operating, and filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) as of September 30, 1986.

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Topics

Energy

Budget obligationsContract extensionsCrude oil pipeline operationsDomestic crude oilOil importingOil resourcesPetroleum pricesPetroleum storageStrategic materialsCrude oil