Strategic Petroleum Reserve
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The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the United States’ large emergency stockpile of crude oil maintained to protect against major disruptions in oil supply and stabilize energy markets.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Strategic Petroleum Reserve program | 0 | 1 |
| U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserves system | 0 | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal program
→
petroleum reserve → |
| canBeUsedFor |
exchange agreements with oil companies
→
test sales of crude oil → |
| commodityStored | crude oil → |
| country |
United States of America
→
surface form:
United States
|
| createdAfter | 1973 oil crisis → |
| fundingSource | United States federal budget → |
| governedBy | federal law → |
| hasFacilityType | underground salt cavern storage → |
| hasImpactOn |
domestic fuel prices in the United States
→
global oil markets → |
| hasType | crude oil stockpile → |
| inception | 1975 → |
| industry | oil and gas → |
| isComponentOf | United States emergency preparedness system → |
| isLargestOfType | one of the world’s largest government-owned emergency crude oil stockpiles → |
| isRelatedTo | International Energy Agency emergency stockholding requirements → |
| isStrategicReserveFor | petroleum → |
| isToolOf |
President of the United States
→
surface form:
United States President
|
| legalBasis | Energy Policy and Conservation Act → |
| locatedIn |
Louisiana
→
Texas → |
| locationCountry |
United States of America
→
surface form:
United States
|
| maintainedBy |
Office of Petroleum Operations
→
surface form:
Office of Petroleum Reserves
|
| maximumCapacity | around 714 million barrels of crude oil → |
| operator |
U.S. Department of Energy
→
surface form:
United States Department of Energy
|
| owner |
United States government
→
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| partOf | United States energy policy → |
| purpose |
emergency oil supply
→
energy security → protection against major disruptions in oil supply → stabilization of energy markets → |
| reasonForCreation | vulnerability revealed by 1973–1974 oil embargo → |
| releaseAuthorizedBy | President of the United States → |
| releaseCondition |
need to stabilize oil markets
→
severe energy supply interruption → significant reduction in oil supply → |
| sector | energy → |
| shortName | SPR → |
| startTime | 1975 → |
| stateWithSite |
Louisiana
→
Texas → |
| storageMedium | salt caverns → |
| storageSite |
Bayou Choctaw storage site
→
Big Hill storage site → Bryan Mound storage site → West Hackberry storage site → |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Strategic Petroleum Reserve program
this entity surface form:
U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserves system