1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov June 16, 2020Fossil Energy Petroleum Accounts: FY2021 AppropriationsIntroduction In February 2020, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) submitted to Congress its FY2021 Budget Request, including appropriations for the Fossil Energy Petroleum Accounts. These accounts (F
2、igure 1) consist of three energy security programs: the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve (NEHHOR), and the Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserve (NPOSR). The Office of Petroleum Reserves, within the Office of Fossil Energy, manages these accounts. Strategic Petro
3、leum Reserve The SPR, authorized by the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (P.L. 94-163) in 1975, consists of a stockpile of crude oil kept in caverns built within naturally occurring salt domes in Louisiana and Texas. The SPR is the U.S. emergency stockpile of crude oil, providing strategic and eco
4、nomic security against foreign and domestic disruptions in U.S. oil supply. The program provides a deterrent against energy supply disruptions and fulfills U.S. obligations under the International Energy Program agreement, which avails the United States of International Energy Agency (IEA) assistanc
