President Joe Biden's continuous sales of crude oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) could have severe consequences for taxpayers, experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

The Biden administration announced plans last Tuesday for another wave of oil sales from the SPR, as well as a proposal to help restock the reserve, according to a White House press release. The Biden administration aims to strategically sell oil from the reserve to boost supplies and fight soaring gas prices, but the rapid draining of U.S. stockpiles could cause taxpayers to foot the bill when the department inevitably refills its reserves.

"We filled the SPR at $60 a barrel … and now we're looking to replenish at $90, meaning there is still a $30 per barrel delta, and we have sold millions and millions of barrels," Daniel Turner, executive director of Power The Future, told the DCNF. "Biden is fleecing taxpayers to save the midterms."

SPR barrels that need to be replaced will be bought back by the Department of Energy (DOE) at a fixed price of $90, in accordance with the DOE's final rule-making, which could be higher than the market rate in the future. The Biden administration claims that by giving producers assurances about future oil prices they will increase their production levels and investments in SPR barrels.

"If the previous president had sold this scheme, the media would have crucified him as being in the pocket of 'big oil,'" said Turner.

The White House is fixated on lowering gas prices as it believes fuel prices most directly affect voters' everyday lives and, therefore, their perception of the economy, according to Politico. The White House also praised its efforts to reduce gas prices over the last 49 days on Tuesday; however, gas prices are still about $1 higher than they were at the same time in 2021, according to AAA.