page_title: Global strategic petroleum reserves
section_title: Japan
hierarchical_section_title: Global strategic petroleum reserves / Asia / Japan
caption_attribution_description: English: Shibushi Oil Stockpile Site (Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan)日本語: 志布志国家石油備蓄基地（鹿児島県東串良町・肝付町） 権現山から撮影。晴天時であれば志布志港も眺望できる。
context_page_description: Global strategic petroleum reserves refer to crude oil inventories held by the government of a particular country, as well as private industry, to safeguard the economy and help maintain national security during an energy crisis.
  According to the United States Energy Information Administration, approximately 4.1 billion barrels of oil are held in strategic reserves, of which 1.4 billion is government-controlled. The remainder is held by private industry. In 2004 the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve had the largest strategic reserve, with much of the remainder held by the other 27 members of the International Energy Agency. Some non-IEA countries have started work on their own strategic petroleum reserves. China has the largest of these new reserves.
  Global oil consumption is in the region of 0.1 billion barrels per day. The 4.1 bbl reserve is equivalent to 41 days of production. The reserve is intended to be used to cover short term supply disruptions. Covering a 50% shortfall would deplete the reserves in 82 days, although export leaders the Middle East and Russian exports represent only 22% and 6% respectively of global production.
context_section_description: As of 2010, Japan has an SPR composed of the following three types of stockpiles:
  State-controlled reserves of petroleum at 11 different locations totaling 324,000,000 barrels (51,500,000 m³). All numbers, unless otherwise cited, come from p. 177 of this document: 
  Tomakomai Eastern Oil Reserve Storage Base – 55 storage tanks, total capacity 34 million barrels (5,400,000 m³).
  Mutsu-Ogawara Storage Base – 53 storage tanks, total capacity 31 million barrels (4,900,000 m³).
  Kuji Storage Base – three storage tanks, total capacity 10.5 million barrels (1,670,000 m³).
  Akita Storage Base – 15 storage tanks, total capacity 23.4 million barrels (3,720,000 m³).
  Fukui Storage Base – 27 storage tanks, total capacity 17.9 million barrels (2,850,000 m³).
  Kikuma Underground Petroleum Storage Facility – eight storage tanks, total capacity 8.9 million barrels (1,410,000 m³).
  Shirashima Storage Facility – eight tankers (4,400,000 barrels (700,000 m³) each), total capacity 35.2 million barrels (5,600,000 m³).
  Kamigotou Storage Base – seven storage tanks, total capacity 21.45 million barrels (3,410,000 m³).
  Kushikino Storage Base – three storage tanks, total capacity 10.5 million barrels (1,670,000 m³).
  Shibushi Storage Base – 40 storage tanks, total capacity 27.6 million barrels (4,390,000 m³).
  Kagoshima – 4.0 million barrels (640,000 m³). A forward commercial storage facility with Abu Dhabi.
  Private reserves of petroleum held "in accordance with the Petroleum Stockpiling Law" of 129,000,000 barrels (20,500,000 m³).
  Private reserves of petroleum products for another 130,000,000 barrels (21,000,000 m³).
  The state-controlled reserves and the privately held stockpiles total about 583,000,000 barrels (92,700,000 m³). The Japanese SPR is run by the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation.
caption: Japan Shibushi Oil Stockpile Site
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