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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SPR canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal program
ⓘ
national oil reserve ⓘ petroleum reserve ⓘ strategic stockpile ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SPR self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| category | Energy infrastructure in the United States ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| drawdownAuthority | President of the United States ⓘ |
| establishedInYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| fullName |
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
ⓘ
surface form:
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 storage site
ⓘ
surface form:
Bayou Choctaw site
Big Hill storage site ⓘ
surface form:
Big Hill site
Bryan Mound site ⓘ West Hackberry storage site ⓘ
surface form:
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 |
Gulf Coast of the United States
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Gulf Coast
|
| maintainedBy |
U.S. Department of Energy
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Department of Energy
|
| maximumCapacity | around 714 million barrels of crude oil ⓘ |
| operator |
Office of Petroleum Operations
ⓘ
surface form:
Office of Petroleum Reserves
U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ
surface form:
United States Department of Energy
|
| ownedBy |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
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
ⓘ
surface form:
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Strategic Petroleum Reserve