# Procedures for Acquisition of Petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
> **US Department of Energy** · Direct final rule; delay of effective date; response to comments. · Published 2025-07-14 · Effective 2025-08-13 · 90 FR 31134
## Document
- **Document number:** 2025-13131
- **Category:** oil-gas-policy
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Energy
- **Federal Register citation:** 90 FR 31134
- **CFR reference:** 10 CFR 626
- **Publication date:** 2025-07-14
- **Effective date:** 2025-08-13
- **Energy docket:** DOE-HQ-2025-0009
## Abstract

The Department of Energy ("DOE") is publishing this document to respond to comments received on the May 16, 2025, direct final rule. As a result, DOE delays the effective date of the direct final rule on the procedures for acquisition of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to require index-priced contracts.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/14/2025-13131/procedures-for-acquisition-of-petroleum-for-the-strategic-petroleum-reserve)
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