WTI Insights by PVM

Insights to crack the crude oil markets. CME Group provides complimentary charts and analysis bi-weekly on the crude oil markets delivered by PVM, the world’s leading broker of oil instruments.

In this issue: The SPR has evolved to be a force in maintaining energy security, highlighted by its role in moderating oil prices upon the start of the Russia/Ukraine conflict. The reserve's future, however, may be determined by U.S. election results this November. What might differing policies around the SPR come to mean for domestic and international oil prices? PVM investigates.

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