- System
- National
- Holding model
- government
- Stockholding body
- Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Limited (ISPRL), a special purpose vehicle of the Government of India under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
- Obligation
- No statutory days obligation was stated in the official sources checked. Phase I capacity is 5.33 million tonnes, estimated at about 9.5 days of crude oil requirement; Phase II approval covers a further 6.5 million tonnes on a public private partnership basis
- Reporting
- irregular
- Latest level
- 3.372 million tonnes
- Level date
- 2026-03-23
- Crude
- 3.4
Phase I sites are Visakhapatnam 1.33 million tonnes, Mangaluru 1.5 million tonnes and Padur 2.5 million tonnes. The March 2026 fill of 3.372 million tonnes was about 64 percent of the 5.33 million tonne capacity. PIB stated in 2021 that all Phase I facilities had been filled at that time; the 2026 parliamentary answer supersedes that statement for level purposes.
Last recorded action
2021-11-23: release of 5.0 million barrels. Government of India agreed to release 5 million barrels of crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserves in parallel and in consultation with the United States, China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (Press Information Bureau). (source)
Recorded actions
| Date | Actor | Type | Announced (million barrels) | Delivered (million barrels) | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-23 | India (Government of India) | release | 5.0 | not stated | committed | Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, 23 November 2021 |
Level source: Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas written answer to Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question 3501. Record confidence: verified.