Abbreviated SPR, it's the emergency store of oil created by the U.S. government in 1977
In April 1977, the government acquired several existing salt caverns to serve as... [DOC] [TLE] SPR Quick Facts and FAQs | Department of Energy [PAR] The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is a U.S. Government complex of four sites with 
deep ... caverns created in salt domes along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf 
Coasts that store emergency supplies of crude oil owned by the U.S. Government
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