I saw an article that suggested the administration intends to refill the SPR. (However the weekly EIA data doesn’t show much accumulation to date.) Simultaneously, China is now stockpiling crude.
When I wear my tin foil hat, I explain this coincidence easily. Biden needs something to sell in the second and third quarter of 2024 to cook the inflation numbers to support his reelection bid. I mean it worked like a charm during the 2022 off year cycle. China is accumulating oil now so they can liquidate excess reserves to support the Biden re-election effort as well. They have their best “friend”/stooge they own in the Whitehouse and see the advantages with four more years from their Manchurian Candidate.
Biden liquidated roughly 250,000,000 barrels to buy the democrats some wiggle room on inflation over the summer and fall of 2022. We can all watch the weekly EIA numbers to see how this unfolds as the 2024 cycle approaches.
Here's a toast with one last pour, may it last forever and a minute more;
Good fortune seems to you have sung, to live and love way past long