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Who holds the biggest emergency oil reserves?
Following Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, 32 IEA member countries are releasing 400 million barrels from their strategic oil reserves to stabilize markets, with the US contributing 172 million barrels and Japan 80 million. China holds the largest estimated reserves at 1.3 billion barrels, but has not joined the release.
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10 tagsstrategic oil reservesemergency stockpilesoil pricessupply disruptionenergy securitycrude oilIEA releasemarket stabilityblockadetanker traffic
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