Abbreviated SPR, it's the emergency store of oil created by the U.S. government in 1977
...... government reacted by controlling oil prices, as embodied in 
the Emergency ... supplies: creation of a 300 million barrel strategic petroleum 
reserve (SPR),... [DOC] [TLE] Superfund, Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know ... [PAR] 300.4 Abbreviations.