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Petroleum Inventory Reserves. Industry Inventories For operational needs (pipelines, refineries, supply/demand) Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) Government controlled, emergency use. Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
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Petroleum Inventory Reserves • Industry Inventories • For operational needs (pipelines, refineries, supply/demand) • Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) • Government controlled, emergency use
Strategic Petroleum Reserve • 700 mmbo capacity at four salt domes in US Gulf Coast (545 mmbo in place in 2001). • The SPR can hold approximately 70 days of oil imports at current demand.
References • SPR drawdowns trigger law of unintended consequencesbySarah Emerson,Oil&Gas Journal, Dec 10, 2001, p. 24-30.