[kibwen]

The whole point of the SPR is to deal with supply shocks. I know, it's weird to see an administration doing something that's actually popular while using the exact legal mechanism for achieving that popular thing. Frankly, I'm surprised too. Furthermore, the SPR was already at 90% of its all-time high when the previous administration proposed to top it off; enough perhaps to make a marginal difference, but not nearly enough to change the outcome of a drawn-out crisis.