WORLD FUEL ATLAS / RESERVES & BUFFERSData & methodology ↗
THE WORLD BEHIND THE PRICE / OIL · FUEL · TRADE

How much is in reserve?

Emergency stocks, the US strategic reserve and oil still underground are separate measures.

2020—2026RESEARCH EDITION 03
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STORED OIL / EMERGENCY RESPONSE

The buffers available now

Stored barrels can bridge a disruption. Underground resources cannot be released from a tank.

US Strategic Petroleum Reserve

UNDERGROUND / PROVED CRUDE RESERVES

Where reported reserves are held

Shares of the source's world total · not emergency inventories, production capacity or a price-responsibility chart.