{"dataset":"selected-country-strategic-oil-inventories-2025","title":"Estimated strategic crude oil inventories in selected countries","unit":"million barrels","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-04-20","reviewedAt":"2026-07-31","sourceUrl":"https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=67504","comparisonWarning":"Definitions and reference dates differ. China includes commercial inventories under the EIA methodology, while several other entries cover government holdings or estimated on-land stocks. OECD Europe is a regional aggregate.","records":[{"id":"china","name":"China","valueMillionBarrels":1397,"displayValue":"1,397","referenceDate":"December 2025","definition":"government-and-commercial","definitionLabel":"EIA estimate combining government-held and commercial inventories under its China methodology","sourceNote":"The EIA estimates roughly 360 million barrels in government-held inventories and about 1 billion barrels in commercial inventories.","directlyComparable":false,"sourceName":"U.S. Energy Information Administration","sourceUrl":"https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=67504"},{"id":"united-states","name":"United States","valueMillionBarrels":413,"displayValue":"413","referenceDate":"December 2025","definition":"government","definitionLabel":"Government-held Strategic Petroleum Reserve","sourceNote":"The EIA keeps the U.S. SPR separate from more than 400 million barrels of commercial crude inventories.","directlyComparable":false,"sourceName":"U.S. Energy Information Administration","sourceUrl":"https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=67504"},{"id":"japan","name":"Japan","valueMillionBarrels":263,"displayValue":"263","referenceDate":"December 2025","definition":"government","definitionLabel":"Government-held inventories","sourceNote":"The figure excludes international joint stockpiles and commercial inventories held under Japanese law.","directlyComparable":false,"sourceName":"U.S. Energy Information Administration","sourceUrl":"https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=67504"},{"id":"oecd-europe","name":"OECD Europe","valueMillionBarrels":179,"displayValue":"179","referenceDate":"December 2025","definition":"government-aggregate","definitionLabel":"Aggregate government inventories across OECD Europe","sourceNote":"This is a regional aggregate, not a single country, and must not be ranked as though it were one country.","directlyComparable":false,"sourceName":"U.S. Energy Information Administration citing IEA","sourceUrl":"https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=67504"},{"id":"saudi-arabia","name":"Saudi Arabia","valueMillionBarrels":82,"displayValue":"82","referenceDate":"December 2025","definition":"estimated-on-land","definitionLabel":"Estimated on-land refinery and commercial inventories","sourceNote":"The EIA says formal strategic status is difficult to determine and excludes Saudi crude reportedly stored abroad.","directlyComparable":false,"sourceName":"U.S. Energy Information Administration estimate","sourceUrl":"https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=67504"},{"id":"south-korea","name":"South Korea","valueMillionBarrels":79,"displayValue":"79","referenceDate":"2025 average cited with the December 2025 comparison","definition":"government","definitionLabel":"Strategic oil inventories","sourceNote":"The EIA text describes South Korea as averaging 79 million barrels during 2025.","directlyComparable":false,"sourceName":"U.S. Energy Information Administration","sourceUrl":"https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=67504"},{"id":"iran","name":"Iran","valueMillionBarrels":71,"displayValue":"71","referenceDate":"December 2025","definition":"estimated-on-land","definitionLabel":"Estimated on-land refinery and commercial inventories","sourceNote":"The estimate excludes Iranian crude reportedly held in bonded storage in China because the volume is unknown.","directlyComparable":false,"sourceName":"U.S. Energy Information Administration estimate","sourceUrl":"https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=67504"},{"id":"united-arab-emirates","name":"United Arab Emirates","valueMillionBarrels":34,"displayValue":"34","referenceDate":"December 2025","definition":"estimated-on-land","definitionLabel":"Estimated on-land refinery and commercial inventories","sourceNote":"The estimate excludes underground Fujairah storage and leased storage abroad because the current volumes are unknown.","directlyComparable":false,"sourceName":"U.S. Energy Information Administration estimate","sourceUrl":"https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=67504"},{"id":"india","name":"India","valueMillionBarrels":21.4,"displayValue":"21.4","referenceDate":"March 2025","definition":"government-source-date","definitionLabel":"Government strategic reserve reported by ISPRL","sourceNote":"The figure excludes 3 million barrels stored for ADNOC at Mangalore that the EIA does not count as part of India's SPR.","directlyComparable":false,"sourceName":"U.S. Energy Information Administration citing ISPRL","sourceUrl":"https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=67504"}]}