stockpile
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And, he said, "reserves are stockpiles sitting as existing inventory -- the market is more concerned about flows. Moving barrels from point A to point B is not the same as producing new oil".
From Barron's
Massive oil stockpiles and a shift to electric vehicles are helping to insulate the Chinese economy from supply disruptions in the Middle East.
Iran’s stockpile includes basic ordnance designed to drift or be anchored to the floor of the shallow Persian Gulf.
The largest-ever release of oil from the International Energy Agency’s emergency stockpiles lifted prices for the commodity up by nearly 5% on Wednesday.
Prices for oil have jumped since the conflict started, but stabilised recently following reports that oil could be released from countries' stockpiles.
From BBC
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