Editing Strategic Petroleum Reserve (United States) (section)

== Limitations ==
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is primarily a [[crude petroleum]] reserve, not a stockpile of [[refined petroleum fuel]]s such as [[gasoline]], [[Diesel fuel|diesel]] and [[kerosene]]. Although the United States maintains some extra supply of refined petroleum fuels, e.g., the [[Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve]] and [[Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve]] under the [[wikt:aegis|aegis]] of the Department of Energy (DOE), the government does not maintain gasoline reserves on anything like the scale of the SPR. The SPR is intended to give the United States protection from disruptions in oil supplies. In the event of a major disruption to [[Oil refinery|refinery]] operations, the United States would have to call on members of the [[International Energy Agency]] that stockpile refined products, and use refining capacities outside of the continental United States for relief.

There have been suggestions that the DOE should increase its supplies and stockpile both gasoline and [[jet fuel]].<ref name="cnnmoney">{{cite news |first = Pilar |last = Tejerina |url = https://money.cnn.com/2005/09/30/news/economy/gas_reserve/index.htm |title = Senators propose gasoline reserve |publisher = CNN |date = September 30, 2005 |access-date = January 24, 2007 }}</ref>
Some countries and zones have a strategic reserve of both [[petroleum]] and [[petroleum product]]s. In some cases, this includes a [[Global strategic petroleum reserves#Europe|strategic reserve of jet fuel]].<ref name=FranceMeltsBeams>{{cite web |url = http://www.iea.org/textbase/nppdf/free/2000/oilsecu2001.pdf |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050214205528/http://www.iea.org/textbase/nppdf/free/2000/oilsecu2001.pdf |url-status = dead |archive-date = February 14, 2005 |title = Oil Supply Security: The Emergency Response Potential of IEA Countries in 2000 |access-date = March 13, 2007 |quote = French stockholding legislation requires that jet fuel stocks cover at least 55 days of consumption }}</ref>

Former [[Secretary of Energy]] [[Samuel Bodman]] said that the Department would consider new facilities for refined products as part of an expansion of {{convert|1|to|1.5|Goilbbl|m3}}.{{citation needed|date=June 2015}}<ref>Bodman, S.W. (2007, January 23). ''Statement from Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman on the Expansion of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to 1.5 Billion''. Department of Energy. https://www.energy.gov/articles/statement-energy-secretary-samuel-w-bodman-expansion-strategic-petroleum-reserve-15-billion</ref>