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Burning the Lifeboats
How Governments and Markets Are Consuming Strategic Reserves to Bridge a Hormuz Disruption Whose End They Cannot Demonstrate On 11 March 2026, the International Energy Agency coordinated the largest emergency strategic reserve release in history, drawing 400 million barrels from the stockpiles of 32 member nations, the United States contributing 172 million barrels from the… Continue reading
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