SPR

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The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is the United States’ emergency stockpile of crude oil maintained to mitigate disruptions in petroleum supplies.

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Label Occurrences
SPR canonical 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal program ⓘ
national oil reserve ⓘ
petroleum reserve ⓘ
strategic stockpile ⓘ
abbreviation SPR ⓘ
category Energy infrastructure in the United States ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
drawdownAuthority President of the United States ⓘ
establishedInYear 1975 ⓘ
fullName United States Strategic Petroleum Reserve ⓘ
hasEffect enhances U.S. energy security ⓘ
provides buffer against crude oil supply disruptions ⓘ
hasEmergencyUse release of crude oil during geopolitical crises ⓘ
release of crude oil during natural disasters ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalRegulation subject to U.S. federal environmental laws ⓘ
hasPart Bayou Choctaw site ⓘ
Big Hill site ⓘ
Bryan Mound site ⓘ
West Hackberry site ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
industry oil and gas industry ⓘ
legalBasis Energy Policy and Conservation Act ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Louisiana ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOnTerrainFeature U.S. Gulf Coast ⓘ
maintainedBy United States Department of Energy ⓘ
maximumCapacity around 714 million barrels of crude oil ⓘ
operator Office of Petroleum Reserves ⓘ
United States Department of Energy ⓘ
ownedBy United States federal government ⓘ
partOf United States energy policy ⓘ
productStored crude oil ⓘ
purpose emergency stockpile of crude oil ⓘ
mitigate disruptions in petroleum supplies ⓘ
regulates emergency crude oil drawdowns ⓘ
relatedTo Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 ⓘ
International Energy Agency ⓘ
sector energy security ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
storageType underground salt caverns ⓘ
subjectOf U.S. federal energy legislation ⓘ
supervisedBy United States Secretary of Energy ⓘ
usedFor responding to severe energy supply interruptions ⓘ
stabilizing oil markets during supply shocks ⓘ
supporting international energy commitments ⓘ

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Strategic Petroleum Reserve → abbreviation → SPR ⓘ
subject linked to: SPR