Editing Strategic Petroleum Reserve (United States) (section)

===Petroleum sales - Prior to 2015===
* 1985: Test sale—{{convert|1.1|Moilbbl|m3}}
* 1990–1991: [[Desert Storm]] sale—{{convert|21|Moilbbl|m3}}
** {{convert|4|Moilbbl|m3}} in October 1990 test sale<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.energy.gov/fecm/strategic-petroleum-reserve-0 |title = History of SPR Releases |website = Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management |access-date = February 1, 2022 }}</ref>
** {{convert|17|Moilbbl|m3}} in January 1991 presidentially ordered drawdown
* 1996–1997: {{convert|28|Moilbbl|m3}} non-emergency sales for deficit reduction
* July–August 2000: {{convert|2.8|Moilbbl|m3}} to supply the [[Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve]].
* September–October 2000: {{convert|30|Moilbbl|m3}} in response to a concern over low [[distillate]] levels in the northeastern U.S.
* 2005 [[Hurricane Katrina]] sale: {{convert|11|Moilbbl|m3}}—Katrina shut down 95% of crude production and 88% of natural gas output in the Gulf of Mexico.  This amounted to a quarter of total U.S. output.  About 735 oil and natural gas rigs and platforms had been evacuated due to the hurricane.
* 2011 [[Arab Spring]] sale: {{convert|30|Moilbbl|m3}}—non-emergency sale to offset disruptions caused by political [[Libyan Civil War (2014–present)|upheaval in Libya]] and elsewhere in the Middle East. The amount was matched by [[International Energy Agency|IEA]] countries, for a total of {{convert|60|Moilbbl|m3}} released from stockpiles around the world.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://money.cnn.com/2011/06/23/markets/oil_prices/index.htm?iid=Popular |publisher = CNN |first = Aaron |last = Smith |title = U.S. to release oil from strategic reserve |date = June 23, 2011 }}</ref>