I saw that.  He made it sound like they've been buying aggressively recently....but he was an Admin official...need I say anymore?  Haha. Need to verify.  I come from a family of political operatives so it's kind of in my blood - if I were Biden I would be reloading SPR as much as possible in order to have a reloaded SPR ready to goose prices lower at the last minute before the election. Can't do it too soon before the election because Americans have very short memories.  Of course, I would also send out my peeps to spread the word about my oil trading prowess.