India, South Africa To Boost Their Strategic Petroleum Reserves

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India and South Africa plan to enhance their strategic petroleum reserves following a major release from the International Energy Agency to stabilize oil markets after disruptions caused by the Iran conflict. The US contributed significantly with large releases from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve during the energy crisis.

Back in March, the 32-member countries of the International Energy Agency (IEA) agreed to a record release of 400 million barrels of oil and refined products from their emergency reserves after the Iran war disrupted global energy flows and triggered sharp oil price spikes. The United States did the heavy lifting, with the Trump administration authorizing the release of 172 million barrels from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), comparable to the 180 million barrels that the Biden administration released during the energy crisis triggered…