Two more commercial-cum-strategic facilities at Chandikhol and Padur of 6.5 MM storage capacity to be established under phase-2 of SPR Programme.
Under Phase I of strategic petroleum reserves (SPR) programme, Government of India has established petroleum storage facilities with total capacity of 5.33 Million Metric Tonnes (MMT) at 3 locations.
They were,
Vishakhapatnam
Mangaluru and
Padur.
Strategic petroleum reserves are huge stockpiles of crude oil to deal with any crude oil-related crisis like the risk of supply disruption from natural disasters, war or other calamities.