Who are the heroes allegedly bleeding some 400M barrels of strategic oil reserves for the war effort? 1. United States — 172 million barrels (from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, to be released over ~120 days starting next week). 2. Japan — ~80 million barrels (from private and national reserves, to begin swiftly, possibly from March 16). 3. South Korea — 22.5 million barrels. 4. Germany — ~19.5 million barrels. 5. France — up to 14.5 million barrels (as much as 14.5 million). 6. United Kingdom — 13.5 million barrels.