Strategic petroleum reserve (China)

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The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR; Chinese: 中华人民共和国战略石油储备) is an emergency fuel store of oil maintained by the People's Republic of China National Development and Reform Commission. China does not officially report its volume, but as of 2016^[update] the SPR was estimated to hold approximately 400 million barrels in total, out of a capacity of around 500 million barrels.^[1]