Back احتياطي النفط الإستراتيجي Arabic Strategische Ölreserve German Reservas estratégicas de petróleo Spanish ذخایر استراتژیک جهانی نفت Persian Réserve stratégique de pétrole French 石油備蓄 Japanese Rezervele strategice de petrol Romanian 戰備儲油 Chinese
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Global strategic petroleum reserves (GSPR) refer to crude oil inventories (or stockpiles) held by the government of a particular country, as well as private industry, to safeguard the economy and help maintain national security during an energy crisis. Strategic reserves are intended to be used to cover short-term supply disruptions.
In 2004, approximately 4.1 billion barrels (650,000,000 m3) of oil was held in strategic reserves by International Energy Agency member states, of which 1.4 billion is government-controlled and the remainder held by private industry.[1] In February 2022, this amounted to close to two years' worth of net oil imports held in IEA member states' strategic petroleum reserves.[2] The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve has consistently held the largest strategic reserve.[1][3] Some non-IEA countries have started work on their own strategic petroleum reserves. China has the largest of these new reserves.[4] Global oil consumption is in the region of 0.1 billion barrels (16,000,000 m3) per day.[5] The 4.1 billion barrels reserve held in 2004 would be equivalent to 41 days of current production.
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