Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Every chart that draws this series, newest first.

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  What Washington Kept: Gold, Oil and Helium, 1947–2026

  US gold, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and federal helium as three shafts, each measured down from its own record high, from 1947 to the helium sale of 2024 and today.

  Updated 16 September 2026
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  The Strategic Petroleum Reserve, 1977–2026

  The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve as a glass sphere, filling from its first barrels in 1977 to its 2010 high and draining since, week by week.

  Updated 18 September 2026