Less than 300 million barrels left: the engineering limits threatening the American Strategic Petroleum Reserve | Fortune<\/title><meta name=\"description\" content=\"America\u2019s energy security is facing its own "300" moment, when Spartan warriors held the narrow pass at Thermopylae against a vast, overwhelming force.\"\/><link rel=\"author\" href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/author\/siddharth-misra\/\"\/><meta name=\"author\" content=\"Siddharth Misra\"\/><meta name=\"publisher\" content=\"Fortune\"\/><meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, max-image-preview:large\"\/><meta name=\"fb:pages\" content=\"56501027948\"\/><meta name=\"msapplication-TileColor\" content=\"#ffc40d\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2026\/08\/25\/strategic-petroleum-reserve-oil-energy-gas-hormuz\/\"\/><link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2026\/08\/25\/strategic-petroleum-reserve-oil-energy-gas-hormuz\/\"\/><meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Less than 300 million barrels left: the engineering limits threatening the American Strategic Petroleum Reserve | Fortune\"\/><meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"America\u2019s energy security is facing its own "300" moment, when Spartan warriors held the narrow pass at Thermopylae against a vast, overwhelming force.\"\/><meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2026\/08\/25\/strategic-petroleum-reserve-oil-energy-gas-hormuz\/\"\/><meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Fortune\"\/><meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/img-assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-768823.jpg?resize=1200,600\"\/><meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\"\/><meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\"\/><meta property=\"og:image:alt\" content=\"oil\"\/><meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Fortune\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Less than 300 million barrels left: the engineering limits threatening the American Strategic Petroleum Reserve | Fortune\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"America\u2019s energy security is facing its own "300" moment, when Spartan warriors held the narrow pass at Thermopylae against a vast, overwhelming force.\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/img-assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-768823.jpg?resize=1200,600\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:image:alt\" content=\"oil\"\/><\/head><body class=\"font-graphik-compact bg-primary text-primary typography-default font-normal tracking-none antialiased\" id=\"wp_automatic_ReadabilityBody\"><template data-dgst=\"BAILOUT_TO_CLIENT_SIDE_RENDERING\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"description-parser contents\" data-cy=\"description\"><em>Dr. Siddharth Misra is a Professor at Texas A&M University and the CTO of AlterNature LLC. He specializes in physics-informed deep learning and sensing technologies for the exploration, development, and production of energy and earth resources. Dr. Misra has authored two books and spearheaded the development of nine patented technologies. 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