crude oil reserve

基本解释

Sea water was used in the hydrotest of crude oil storage tanks at Dalian State Crude Oil Reserve as the supply of fresh water was not enough.
大连国家石油储备基地工程储油库附近没有充足的淡水资源，只能以海水代替淡水进行水压试验。
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China currently has established oversea oil and gas operations located in Sudan, Venezuela, Peru, Canada, and Thailand, and acquired recoverable reserve in crude oil totaled 446 million tons.
现已在苏丹、委内瑞拉、秘鲁、加拿大、泰国等进行了油气田开发生产作业，获得了4.46亿吨的可采储量。
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On Monday, President Bush signed a bill temporarily suspending the purchase of crude oil for the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
星期一，布什总统签署了一项议案，暂时停止增加战略石油储备。

Just such an event seems to have occurred in May, with the passage of a bill to halt deliveries of crude oil to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
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The Strategic Petroleum Reserve was authorized in 1975 and began receiving crude oil in 1977.
FORBES: Our Strategic Petroleum Opportunity
Crude oil's recent slide is a result of ample supplies and recent speculation that the Federal Reserve may soon allow interest rates to rise, which would reduce the supply of easy cash investors have been using to buy commodities like oil.
NPR: Oil Prices Down Sharply For A 2nd Day