Will the U.S. Department of Energy announce issuing a solicitation to exchange or sell crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve before Oct 1, 2026?

The article explicitly states that the U.S. Department of Energy issued a Request for Proposal on April 1, 2026, for an emergency exchange of up to 10 million barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve's Bryan Mound site. This is a formal solicitation (Request for Proposal) that is newly issued after the market opens, and it is open for bids (bids due by April 6, 2026). The action is an exchange, which falls under the criteria of 'exchange or sell crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.' The article confirms the issuance, not just a statement of intent or a budget proposal. Therefore, the resolution criteria are met, and the probability is extremely high that the answer is YES. The only minor uncertainty is whether the article's date is accurate and whether the solicitation might be cancelled before award, but the criteria explicitly state that a solicitation that is issued and later cancelled still counts. Thus, the evidence is nearly conclusive.