Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Crude oil pipes at the Bryan Mound site, the largest of the four SPR storage sites - near Freeport, Texas

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is the world's largest supply of emergency crude oil. The federally-owned oil stocks are stored in huge underground salt caverns along the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico.

Security and Cybersecurity Oversight Reports

Independent Multi-Topic Assessment of Security at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, July 25, 2022

Results of Limited-Notice Performance Tests at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Conducted April 16-18, 2019

Independent Review of the Cyber Security Program at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, July 2015

Office of Enterprise Assessments Security Inspection at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, April 6, 2015

Inspection of Security at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, April 2007

Comprehensive Inspection of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, May 7, 2001